1995
DOI: 10.1017/s001781600003042x
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Ancient and High-Medieval Interpretations of Jesus in Gethsemane: Some Reflections on Tradition and Continuity in Christian Thought

Abstract: Although Jesus' agony in the garden (Matt 26:36–46; Mark 14:32–42; Luke 22:40–46) may be powerful and even inexpressibly poignant to modern readers, it was a plague and embarrassment to patristic and medieval interpreters. Few narratives in the New Testament were so inimical to received christological assumptions. Ancient and medieval interpreters, at least those ultimately judged to be orthodox, ascribed to the Incarnate Word the qualities of divine consubstantiality, omnipotence, omniscience, obedience, and … Show more

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“…Earlier generations of Christians, particularly in the patristic and medieval periods, often viewed the naked vulnerability of Jesus in Gethsemane as offensive (Madigan, 1995). But, as Bruner (2004, p. 649) argues, "attempts to say that Jesus was definitely not depressed for himself or from any fear of death but only for his disciples and fear of their failure seem to undervalue Jesus' true humanity."…”
Section: Jesus' Emotion At Gethsemanementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Earlier generations of Christians, particularly in the patristic and medieval periods, often viewed the naked vulnerability of Jesus in Gethsemane as offensive (Madigan, 1995). But, as Bruner (2004, p. 649) argues, "attempts to say that Jesus was definitely not depressed for himself or from any fear of death but only for his disciples and fear of their failure seem to undervalue Jesus' true humanity."…”
Section: Jesus' Emotion At Gethsemanementioning
confidence: 99%