Jėzaus Asmuo Skirtingų Kultūrų Kristologijose
Jesus’ Person in the Christology of Different Cultures

Summary/Abstract: As a scientific field of study concerned with the nature and person of Jesus Christ, Christology was and is still a very sensitive field where human consciousness and the theological mind intersect. Christological models and fields change in different times and different cultures. The article seeks to survey and present the theological portraits of Jesus traced in different modern cultural traditions and to reveal their basic features. Nowadays, the Chalcedonian dogma the begins discourse discourse with Christ’s divinity is not the basic point among different Christian cultures. Rather, Christ’s humanity is presented as a mirror for His divinity. Each culture tries to depict and adopt the features of Jesus’ person that are most appropriate to it. In most developing countries, there is a tendency among the faithful to stress Jesus’ humanity as poor, an outcast, and as humiliated. Thus, Jesus becomes an icon of all the poor, depressed and offended. The article describes the ways different nations seek in the person of Jesus the features of historical Jesus close to their culture. Then in the light of the faith, these features lead to an acknowledgement of the living Jesus’ divinity and to an experience of salvation in Him.

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