Book One

1.2

The Nature of Christ

• Jesus is both God and man.
• Jesus was begotten of His Father before all ages 
• He became man by the Holy Spirit through the virgin Mary
• As Eusebius says: 

Christ's existence before He was Man

• Jesus is called the Word of God, God and the creator
• Jesus appeared as the Angel of the Lord in the OT
• Eusebius notes preexistent Wisdom in Proverbs 8 w/ Christ 

1.7

Genealogies of Christ

Holy Men of old

• They should be called Christians 
• they looked forward with faith to the coming Christ. 
• Eusebius sees that as the same as us looking back on Christ. 

What does it mean to be a Christian?

• trusts in the One and Only God
• Lives a life that displays that trust

What do most people think about Christ?

How does our culture define Christian?