Open AccessThe Reconciliation of the World Through the Blood of Christ’s Cross as the Completion of the Work of Creation (Col 1:15-20)
Author(s) -
Janusz Kręcidło
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
verbum vitae
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.186
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 2451-280X
pISSN - 1644-8561
DOI - 10.31743/vv.12591
Subject(s) - hymn , exegesis , passion , jesus christ , theology , work (physics) , philosophy , function (biology) , literature , art , psychology , social psychology , physics , faith , evolutionary biology , biology , thermodynamics
The article contains a detailed exegesis of the Christological hymn in Col 1:15-20, highlighting the links between the theology of creation and kerygmatic theology. The first strophe (1:15-18a) emphasizes the author’s intention to show the function of Christ in the creation of the world, whereas the second one (1:18b-20) exposes the fact that Christ’s passion, death and resurrection were key moments in the history of the world, comparable only to the work of its creation. It is shown that both events are closely related in the hymn because reconciling the world to God in the blood of Christ is meant to be the completion of the work of creation, resulting in restoring a harmonious relationship between God and man.