Difficult text: John 14.6 – is Jesus the only way?

Few verses have defined Christian identity and informed attitudes to other religions more than John 14.6. But who is the ‘I’ in ‘I am the way and the truth and the life’? After exploring antecedents and considering indicators within the Gospel itself, this article concludes that the Evangelist not o...

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Main Author: Wallis, Ian G. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2021
In: Theology
Year: 2021, Volume: 124, Issue: 5, Pages: 358-364
IxTheo Classification:CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations
HC New Testament
NBF Christology
NBK Soteriology
Further subjects:B Exclusivism
B Salvation
B ‘I am’
B Jesus
B Christology
B Paraclete
B Logos
B Interfaith
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Summary:Few verses have defined Christian identity and informed attitudes to other religions more than John 14.6. But who is the ‘I’ in ‘I am the way and the truth and the life’? After exploring antecedents and considering indicators within the Gospel itself, this article concludes that the Evangelist not only distinguishes between Jesus of Nazareth and the divine Logos, but also identifies the divine Logos incarnated in Jesus as the subject of this and other ‘I am’ sayings within John.
ISSN:2044-2696
Contains:Enthalten in: Theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0040571X211043174