Who was Jesus?
Jesus as Christ the King
-Historical Jesus
-Person and earthly life
Who is Jesus?
-Theological Jesus
-Claims about jesus on the basis of
our faith
-example Son of
God,Messaiah,Savior
Image of Images of Jesus
 Great impact on how we
see and live the Christian
life.
 Jesus in popular
Christianity
A. Jesus as a Son of God and Son
of Mary
 Family oriented
 anak- magulang
relationship
 sense of
belongingness,stability
and security
 sense of belongingness
B. Jesus as a Host
 meal oriented
 known for gracious hosts
and greatful guests
 welcoming spirit
 communion
-ex: fiest,bday,house blessing
C. Jesus as Suffering Servant
 compassion
 malasakit sa kapwa
 pakikipagtalaban ng
suheto sa suheto
(pakikipagkapwa kalooban
D.
This observations leave us with
another question
 -full of hope
 “Never Say Die”attitude “Do we see Jesus we meet in the
 optimistic Gospels in the popular Filipino
 “may bukas pa.. Images?”
 Believe in happy ending Vatican II emphasizes that our
understanding of Jesus and
Christianity has to be biblical.
E. Jesus as Miracle Worker
 spirit-oriented
 we are inspired HISTORICAL CRITICAL IMAGE
 may “gana sa buhay”
 -becoming creative and
gracious a. Jesus great teacher of right
living
b. Jesus,the great
Five popular images philosopher/revolutionary
corresponding to the five
dominant trait Filipinos consider c. Jesus,Prophet of end time –
meaningful Albert Swhweiter
Comments
 Being family oriented
 -Love for celebrations -Vatican portraits
 Willingness to sacrifice
 Optimism -created confusions
 Being in touch with the -sometimes conflicting
spirits

Observations On Filipino Images
a. family first even if it means Contemporary Search for
sacrificing the common good Salvation
eg. Protecting their
reputation,wealth and power
Salvation
b. love for celebrations may lead
to lavishly spending.. family
suffers from debts Meaning Well-Being
c. over- emphasizing on suffering Fuller humanness
which may lead to a thinking that
suffering is good comes from God
Relationship with others
d. too optimistic could also result
to treating suffering as unreal ( Anthropological constants)
e. Seeing Jesus as magician
 Contemporary search for
salvation
1. The relationship between
human corporeality, nature, and
the ecological environment
2. Being human involves fellow
human beings
3. The connection with social and
institutional structures
4. The conditioning of people and
culture by time and space
5. Mutual relationship of theory
and praxis
6. The religious and Para-religious
consciousness of human beings
and;
7. The irreducible synthesis of
these six dimensions.
THE WAY OF THE DESCIPLES
 Salvation is looking at the
way of the desciples
3 steps of the way of the desciples
1. Meeting Jesus of Nazareth
2. Jesus is interpreted
3. Re-approaching Jesus in the
Filipino situation
1. Meeting Jesus of Nazareth
 Looking at jesus as he
experiences by the
desciples
 a teacher
 communicating with us
healer
 had a lot of common
sense
 related warmly to people
mingled with the poor and
the outcast
 against the injustice of his
time
 giving back their dignity
and confidence in their life
 free man,caring
 being with him was an
inspiring experience
3. Re approaching Jesus in Filipino
Situation
-Need for constant re-
interpretation because times and
situations changed and so the
message of Christianity had to be
expressed in more understandable
ways and relevant for our times.
LENSES FOR RE-CONSTRACTING
THE JESUS OF HISTORY
1. The gospels as developing
traditions
2. the study of Juadaism
The study of the social world of
jesus
4. The cross-cultural study of
religion and our worldview
JESUS AS NAZARETH
A. Jesus in visual arts
B. Jesus in music
C. Jesus in worship and devotions
D. Christologies behind
portraits
Jesus in Visual Arts
 Artworks are effective
tools for communication
 Express messages in a way
that mere words cannot
 Evoke various emotions in
a powerful way
 A certain understanding of
Jesus and His mission is
communicated
Jesus in Music
 Music has universal
appeal
 A great help in preserving
and communicating some
key emotions associated
with jesus and his story
 Plays special role in
Christian worship and
liturgy
 When we pray twice..
st.Augustine
WORSHIP AND DEVOTIONS
 What we do and say in
worship and devotions say
much about what we think
of Jesus
 How our prayers are
worded is particularly
revealing
 Even in our gestures in
worship such as
kneeling,bowing.. are
expressions of reverence
to a authority,recognition
of our littleness,totally
holy figure
CHRISTOLOGY BEHIND THE
PORTRAITS
 Docetic- humanity of
jesus is denied ,He only
appeared to be human..
but totally devine
the
 Spiritualizing- Jesus is
viewed as still alive and
present among us in some
way.. protecting, guiding,
inspiring and
 Traditional-some portraits
are inspired by traditional
view.. reflecting the
councils