The thesis presents the person of Jesus Christ on the basis of selected chapters of the work of Pope Benedict XVI., "Jesus of Nazareth." Only seven chapters from all three books of trilogy are presented, which enables a fairly detailed presentation of the selected, but skips all other chapters.
By choosing chapters that represent the key points of Jesus' life and work, the purpose of the mission to present the person of Jesus is nevertheless achieved. In the first chapters, the author follows the question of Jesus' mission. He writes about this on the basis of the chapters of the Annunciation to Mary, Jesus' birth, and The first view of Jesus' secret. He writes about Jesus' attitude to the Father by presenting temptations in the wilderness and the Lord's Prayer. At the chapter on Jesus' process, His mission is finally revealed. At the end the resurrection of Jesus is presented as the essence of the Christian faith.
Each chapter is itself a whole, because every event in Jesus' life testifies to his mission, which is that Jesus is the Son of God, who has become man and he came to reveal to us the love of God and save us by His sacrifice. (KKC 1993, 132)
The thesis is completed by contemplating the next step of following Jesus after we meet him. The discovery of Jesus' person itself invites us to do so. When we get to know him, we are invited to follow him. This is the essence of Christian life.
Presentations of the chapters of Ratzinger's work are supplemented with the references from the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
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