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Several opinions about Christ as the greatest man in the history of mankind




Nika Chitadze

President of the George C. Marshall Alumni Union, Georgia - International and Security Research Center 


As it is known, among of 7 billion 800 million people in the world, today about 2 billion citizens are followers of the various Christian confessions. For centuries, especially after 1054, representatives of two main directions of Christianity - Orthodoxy and Catholicism (and later also protestantism) have not ceased to argue about the origin of the Holy Spirit.

However, at the present stage, unfortunately there are less debate about Christ, as a greatest human - of course together with his divine nature. It should be mentioned about Jesus Christ as the greatest man in the history of mankind who has helped many people during his life and committed the greatest goods, first of all as a man.

In this regard, it is important to note that the diversity of views in the Christian world first manifested itself especially in the 5th century. During this period within the Christian church, the controversy over the nature of Jesus Christ was particularly intense. In the middle of the 5th century, a new trend emerged in Alexandria - Monophysitism. The Monophysites denied the human origin of Christ and recognized only his the divine nature. The World Ecclesiastical Assembly of Chalcedon condemned monophysitism in 451 and recognized Diophysitism.

Accordingly, Diophysitism (in Greek δυο-two, φύσις-nature) as a doctrine was adopted at the World Ecclesiastical Assembly of Chalcedon in 451 (hence the second name of Diophysitism: Chalcedonism), where Nicaea's first ecclesiastical assembly (325) and Constantinople's first ecclesiastical symbol (381) approved the new definition: There are two natures of Jesus - Divine and Human.

Nevertheless, the Eastern Churches became monophysite in Syria, Palestine, and Armenia.
As it is known, in today's Christian world, Diophysites (Orthodox, Catholics and Protestants) are in the absolute majority. Therefore, It can be considered, that the duty of the Christian world - to worship to Christ, first of all as the greatest, noblest, most honorable man, who, by carrying the cross to Golgotha, has expressed his willingness to bear the brunt of the hardships of human life. Christ is the greatest man who, in spite of the greatest physical and spiritual pain at the time of his crucifixion, took upon himself the sins of all mankind and thus accomplished the greatest human mission.

Sources:

1.    Current World Population. Retrieved from:
https://www.worldometers.info/world-population 

Council of Chalcedon. Retrieved from: https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03555a.htm

 Current World Population. Retrieved from:
https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/


Council of Chalcedon. Retrieved from: https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03555a.htm



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