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Tillich's [[radical]] departure from traditional Christian [[theology]] is his view of [[Christ]]. According to Tillich, Christ is the "New Being", who rectifies in himself the alienation between [[essence]] and [[existence]]. Essence fully shows itself within Christ, but Christ is also a finite man. This indicates, for Tillich, a revolution in the very nature of [[being]]. The gap is healed and essence can now be found within existence. Thus for Tillich, Christ is not God per se in himself, but Christ is the revelation of God. Whereas traditional Christianity regards Christ as wholly man and wholly God, Tillich believed that Christ was the emblem of the highest goal of man, what God wants men to become. Thus to be a Christian is to make oneself progressively "Christ-like", a very possible goal in Tillich's eyes. In other words, Christ is not God in the traditional sense, but reveals the essence inherent in all existence, including mine and your own. Thus Christ is not different from you or me except insofar as he fully reveals God within his own finitude, something you and I can also do in principle.

Tillich's [[radical]] departure from traditional Christian [[theology]] is his view of [[Christ]]. According to Tillich, Christ is the "New Being", who rectifies in himself the alienation between [[essence]] and [[existence]]. Essence fully shows itself within Christ, but Christ is also a finite man. This indicates, for Tillich, a revolution in the very nature of [[being]]. The gap is healed and essence can now be found within existence. Thus for Tillich, Christ is not God per se in himself, but Christ is the revelation of God. Whereas traditional Christianity regards Christ as wholly man and wholly God, Tillich believed that Christ was the emblem of the highest goal of man, what God wants men to become. Thus to be a Christian is to make oneself progressively "Christ-like", a very possible goal in Tillich's eyes. In other words, Christ is not God in the traditional sense, but reveals the essence inherent in all existence, including mine and your own. Thus Christ is not different from you or me except insofar as he fully reveals God within his own finitude, something you and I can also do in principle.

"God does not exist. He is being itself beyond essence and existence. Therefore to argue that God exists is to deny him."[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revelation]

"God does not exist. He is being itself beyond essence and existence. Therefore to argue that God exists is to deny him."[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revelation]

Editor's note: see [[Panentheism]]

Editor's note: see [[Panentheism]]