Dynamism of Christological faith in terms of Jean Galot

Abstract

The article is about the faith`s dynamism revealed in Christology based on the sources which is showing the earthly life of Jesus Christ. All considerations about Christ always must be based on the experience of faith in the historical Jesus and anchored in the dialogical origin of primordial Christology. According to Jean Galot, the search for the answer to the question about the basis of Christology in its dynamism must be seen in the context of the scene and words of the Lord Jesus addressed to the disciples: “Who do you think I am?” (Mt 16, 15). Therefore the primal Christology has a dialogical origin. Christ himself wanted to place Christology in the dynamism of dialogue. He wished that this scene would become a dialogue and that its claims would be the result of searching and describing the essence of events that are found in gospels. A part of his conversation with the Apostles near Caesarea Philippi (Mt 16,13–20) is found to be a proof to the above. In that dialogue Evangelists present the Master`s question and the Peter`s answer. Those words are the starting point of J. Galot`s considerations and show the directions of his Christological reflections.