This considered work of fundamental Catholic theology answers major questions on the concept of Christian credibility.
Through a methodical and incisive exploration, Woimbée takes you through credibilitys constituent elements, its roots in the Bible and in the intellectual tradition of the Church.
In doing so, this work reveals key elements of credibility by forensically examining the historicity of Christ, the meaning of miracles and the significance of prophecies. Woimbée also tackles credibility from Ecclesiastical perspective, by expanding on the relation between Church and the Christ, Holiness and the responsibilities of the Christian people. This is an important work for those interested in church life, mission and evangelisation.
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Gives a comprehensive view of the credibility of Christianity by studying biblical texts, the person of Jesus Christ and the church community.
Prologue
Part One: General approach - Figures of credibility
Being and becoming of divine truth
1. The event of divine truth
2. The situation and future of the Christian faith in an unchristian
world
Towards a definition of credibility
3. Scriptural foundations
4. Defending the faith
5. The decisive contribution of the encyclical Fides et ratio
Reasons to believe and conflicts of interpretation
6. Rationalism between modernity and postmodernity
7. Paths taken by Catholic apologetics
8. The Church's teaching on signs of credibility
9. Jesus of Nazareth, between myth and reality
Part Two: Special approach - Signs of credibility
Jesus in the economy of Old Testament signs: The man who came from God
10. Jesus in the thaumaturgical economy
11. Jesus in the prophetic economy
Death and resurrection of Christ: The man who was God
12. Christ's death: the Son's witness to the divine condition
13. Christ's resurrection: the Father's witness to the human condition
Credibility based on ecclesial testimony
14. The Church, creatura Verbi
15. The Church, Signum Christi super faciem Ecclesiae
Ecclesial witness brought to life by believers
16. The Christian, sign of a life transformed by truth
17. Identifying with the saints in today's world
Epilogue
Index
Gregory Woimbée is Rector of Lyon Catholic University, France.
