Did the First Christians Worship Jesus?
Did the First Christians Worship Jesus? To answer the title question effectively requires more than the citing of a few texts; we must first acknowledge that the way to the answer is more difficult…
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Did the First Christians Worship Jesus?
To answer the title question effectively requires more than the citing of a few texts; we must first acknowledge that the way to the answer is more difficult than it appears and recognize that the answer may be less straightforward than many would like. Is the fact that worship is offered to God (or a god) what defines him (or her) as "G/god?" What does the act of worship actually involve? The author raises some fascinating yet vexing questions: What is worship?
But what did that mean for the first Christians as they sought to reconcile God's status and that of the human Jesus? The conviction that God exalted Jesus to his right hand obviously is central to Christian recognition of the divine status of Jesus. Perhaps the worship of Jesus was not an alternative to worship of God but another way of worshiping God.
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