the God-man

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The God-man is a central Kierkegaardian concept describing the paradoxical union of full divinity and full humanity in the person of Christ, through whom the eternal enters time to relate to individuals.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Godmanhood (Bogochelovechestvo) 1
the God-man canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian theological concept ⓘ
Kierkegaardian concept ⓘ
appearsInWork Concluding Unscientific Postscript ⓘ
Philosophical Fragments ⓘ
Practice in Christianity ⓘ
associatedWithPhilosopher Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ
belongsToTradition Christian existentialism ⓘ
centralInWorkOf Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ
contrastsWith Hegelian mediation ⓘ
speculative philosophy ⓘ
critiques objective or speculative Christianity ⓘ
definedAs union of full divinity and full humanity in Christ ⓘ
describes paradoxical union of divinity and humanity ⓘ
emphasizes contemporaneity of the believer with Christ ⓘ
decision in the present moment ⓘ
entails historical existence of Christ ⓘ
incarnation of God in time ⓘ
possibility of offense at Christ ⓘ
focusesOn concrete historical person of Jesus Christ ⓘ
groundedInDoctrine Christology ⓘ
Incarnation ⓘ
hasAspect absolute paradox ⓘ
offense ⓘ
paradox ⓘ
hasFullDivinity Christ ⓘ
hasFullHumanity Christ ⓘ
hasFunction entry of the eternal into history ⓘ
possibility of personal relationship with God ⓘ
languageOf paradox and offense rather than system ⓘ
linkedToTheme hiddenness of God in human form ⓘ
incognito of Christ ⓘ
makesPossible forgiveness of sins ⓘ
makesPossible reconciliation between God and humans ⓘ
mediatesBetween God and individual human being ⓘ
eternity and time ⓘ
opposedTo purely rational comprehension of Christ ⓘ
relatedConcept the Leap of faith ⓘ
the Moment (Øieblikket) ⓘ
the Paradox ⓘ
the Teacher ⓘ
religiousStage Religiousness B ⓘ
requires individual appropriation ⓘ
subjective inwardness ⓘ
requiresResponse faith ⓘ
roleInKierkegaard condition for salvation ⓘ
object of Christian faith ⓘ
understoodAs God in lowliness and suffering ⓘ
God in the form of a servant ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lectures on Divine Humanity → centralConcept → Godmanhood (Bogochelovechestvo) ⓘ
linked to: the God-man