Jesus: Christ of Faith
It must not be forgotten that the traditional doctrine of the incarnation remains the official teaching of most branches of the church. It is embodied not only in the early creeds but also in the great church confessions of the century following the Reformation. At its beginning in 1948 the World Council of Churches declared itself to be ‘a fellowship of churches which accept the Lord Jesus Christ as God and Saviour‘. In 1961 this basis was expanded to confess the Lord Jesus Christ as God and Saviour according to the Scriptures and therefore seek to fulfil together their common calling to the glory of the one God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit’. The Second Vatican Council (1962-65) clearly assumed the church’s traditional teaching ‘concerning Christ the Word of God made flesh’. Its own statements dealt chiefly with Christ’s historical place in God’s dealings with mankind. Read more
