tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post5417916884447801989..comments2024-03-25T14:27:40.121-05:00Comments on Heart, Mind, Soul, and Strength: Martin Scorsese on The Last Temptation of ChristWeekend Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10425001168670801073noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post-37698707250244455262014-10-01T08:16:16.944-05:002014-10-01T08:16:16.944-05:00Thanks for responding to my comment, WF.
The book...Thanks for responding to my comment, WF.<br /><br />The book and movie are Nestorian because they portray Christ as if he had a human person, which he does not. He has a full and complete human nature, including body and rational soul, but his person is the Second Person of the Holy Trinity. Otherwise there is no true incarnation, but merely a divine indwelling a la the prophets. Note the language of the Creed: "...and in ONE Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the only-begotten." A Nestorian Christ can be of no use to anyone but himself: his obedience and his suffering become merely exemplary.<br /><br />Either way, Docetist or Nestorian, Satan's purpose is secured. Deny the incarnation and one denies redemption as well.Fr. Gregory Hogghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01829108455227450650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post-80028052853497699462014-10-01T07:51:58.796-05:002014-10-01T07:51:58.796-05:00It has been so long since I've seen the movie ...It has been so long since I've seen the movie (before I had a clear concept of what "Christologically correct" would entail), and I haven't read the book. I don't know if that portrayal of Christ is Nestorian; but it's not Docetist at any rate, which is a common mistake. <br /><br />It does make me want to read the book ... <br /><br />Take care & God bless<br />WF<br />Weekend Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10425001168670801073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post-23701486501300660122014-09-22T08:47:34.602-05:002014-09-22T08:47:34.602-05:00The Christ of that book/movie is, at best, Nestori...The Christ of that book/movie is, at best, Nestorian.Fr. Gregory Hogghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01829108455227450650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post-762905955819563212014-09-21T22:57:23.191-05:002014-09-21T22:57:23.191-05:00"Efforts by Satan to tempt Jesus could not su..."Efforts by Satan to tempt Jesus could not succeed" -- exactly. Still, I was struck by how much the author of the book seemed to be truly moved by the idea of Jesus' love for us, and how much that was a factor for Scorsese as well. Who'd have thought? <br /><br />Take care & God bless<br />WFWeekend Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10425001168670801073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post-90038914886182833412014-09-21T22:08:54.466-05:002014-09-21T22:08:54.466-05:00In bringing Jesus down to the "common man&quo...In bringing Jesus down to the "common man" as Scorsese does, we must be careful lest we take Him off His throne, and lest we imply that He was never fully God and fully man in His earthly ministry. Efforts by Satan to tempt Jesus could not succeed, and we should never believe that Jesus was as weak as men in the face of temptations.John Joseph Flanaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06596324816480709495noreply@blogger.com