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A Christological Catechism: New Testament Answers is unavailable, but you can change that!

Joseph A. Fitzmyer presents 25 succinctly phrased and candidly answered questions about Jesus. His book covers issues such as the virgin birth, the infancy narratives, Jesus’ claim to be the messiah, the historical accuracy and significance of the resurrection and ascension texts, the place of Peter and the apostles, the importance of the Apocryphal gospels, and more. This book holds insights for...

Some years ago the director of Chicago Studies asked me to prepare a brief survey of New Testament christological problems for his “Pastoral Guide to the Bible.”1 It was simply entitled “Jesus the Lord” and proposed succinct answers to fifteen questions which the director had sent to me. The entire pastoral guide was eventually translated into Italian under the title Catechismo biblico.2 Later on, the director of La Nouvelle Revue Théologique requested that the article be updated and revised