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"Who Is Jesus Christ?"
* Did Constantine upgrade Jesus' status?
- Council: event of church leaders to discuss challenges to faith (ex: circumcision discussion in Acts)
- Reaffirmed or denied: not created
- Testimony of church fathers: Ignatius, Clement, Irenaeus, Tertullian, et al -- prior to Nicea, Christ is Lord
* How do we know?
- Name & Divine Character
- Works {John1:3, forgave sins, raised dead, et al}
- Claims {John5:21-22, John14:9, John10:25-30, John14:14}
* Most notably, by His resurrection
- 1Cor15:14-19: useless faith sans resurrection
- Death confirmed by secular historians, Roman soldiers, wounds
- Burial confirmed by secular historians
- Empty tomb confirmed by Jews; debate over how, not whether or not
- Followers confirmed His rising
- Disciples transformed (martyrs)