CHRISTOLOGY OF SAINT APOSTLE PAUL’S EPISTLE TO THE COLOSSIANS

Abstract

This article is devoted to the topical and interesting theme of our time – research into Christology of St. Paul in his Epistle to the Colossians. In Collossae, after Ap. Paul had left the city, the church began to be debauched by false teachers, the Gnostics, who distorted the true doctrine of Christ, believing He was not God, but a created mediator between God and men. To overcome these heretical delusions, the Apostle wrote Colossians his Epistle, which reveals the Divine greatness of Christ and touches the following topics: Jesus Christ is the Son of God and God (1: 13–15); Jesus Christ is the Creator of the visible and invisible world (1: 16); Jesus Christ is the Divine Providence (1: 17); Jesus Christ is the head of the Church (1: 18–19); Reconciliation with God in Christ (1: 20–23).