La cristología es la parte de la teología cristiana que dedica su estudio al papel que desempeña Jesús de Nazaret (desde los puntos de vista tanto humanos como divinos, bajo el título de Cristo o Mesías). Sin embargo, los detalles menores de su vida no son tan importantes para la cristología, y sí lo son más bien el quién era, la Encarnación y los eventos más importantes de su vida (su nacimiento, su muerte y su resurrección) Algunos puntos clave de la cristología incluyen: \n* Su naturaleza humana. \n* Su naturaleza divina. \n* La interrelación entre estas dos naturalezas, cómo interactuarían y se afectarían entre sí. La cristología también abarca cuestiones concernientes a la naturaleza de Dios como la Trinidad, el unitarianismo o el binitarianismo, y sobre lo que Cristo habría logrado para el resto de la humanidad. Hay tantos puntos de vista cristológicos como hay variantes del cristianismo. Los diferentes puntos de vista cristológicos de las diversas corrientes cristianas han llevado a acusaciones mutuas de herejía y, menos frecuentemente, a subsecuentes persecuciones religiosas. En muchos casos, la cristología particular de una rama es su característica distintiva, en estos casos es común que a la corriente se le conozca bajo el nombre de su visión cristológica.El resumen del pensamiento cristiano que hace que sea cristiano para la mayoría de ellos: protestantes, evangélicos, ortodoxos, carismáticos, conservadores, católicos y los apostólicos y también romanos, de armenia, coptos, etc. etc: \n* Jesucristo es Verdadero Dios; \n* Jesucristo es Verdadero Hombre; \n* Jesucristo es Uno y el Mismo. Esto es el resumen simplificado en solo tres puntos.

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Christology (from Greek Χριστός Khristós and -λογία, -logia) is the field of study within Christian theology which is primarily concerned with the nature and person of Jesus as recorded in the canonical Gospels and the epistles of the New Testament.Primary considerations include the relationship of Jesus' nature and person with the nature and person of God the Father. As such, Christology is concerned with the details of Jesus' ministry, his acts and teachings, to arrive at a clearer understanding of who he is in his person, and his role in salvation. The views of Paul the Apostle provided a major component of the Christology of the Apostolic Age. Paul's central themes included the notion of the pre-existence of Christ and the worship of Christ as Kyrios (Greek: Lord). The pre-existence of Christ became a central theme of Christology. Proponents of Christ's deity argue the Old Testament has many cases of Christophany: "The pre-existence of Christ is further substantiated by the many recorded Christophanies in the Bible." "Christophany" is often considered a more accurate term than the term "theophany" due to the belief that all the visible manifestations of God are in fact the preincarnate Christ. Many argue that the appearances of "the Angel of the Lord" in the Old Testament were the preincarnate Christ. "Many understand the angel of the Lord as a true theophany. From the time of Justin on, the figure has been regarded as the preincarnate Logos." Following the Apostolic Age, the early church engaged in fierce and often politicized debate on many interrelated issues. Christology became a major focus of these debates, and every one of the first seven ecumenical councils addressed Christological issues. The second through fourth of these councils are generally entitled "Christological councils", with the latter three mainly elucidating what was taught in them and condemning incorrect interpretations. The Council of Chalcedon in 451 issued a formulation of the being of Christ — that of two natures, one human and one divine, "united with neither confusion nor division". Chalcedonian Christianity - Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and many Protestant Christians - continue to advocate this doctrine of the hypostatic union. Due to politically-charged differences in the 4th century, schisms developed, and the first denominations (from the Latin, "to take a new name") formed. In the 13th century, Saint Thomas Aquinas provided the first systematic Christology that consistently resolved a number of the existing issues. In his Christology from above, Aquinas also championed the principle of perfection of Christ's human attributes. The Middle Ages also witnessed the emergence of the "tender image of Jesus" as a friend and a living source of love and comfort, rather than just the Kyrios image. Catholic theologian Karl Rahner sees the purpose of modern Christology as to formulate the Christian belief that "God became man and that God-made-man is the individual Jesus Christ" in a manner that this statement can be understood consistently, without the confusions of past debates and mythologies.

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