Comments on: Why No Narnian Nativity?

By: pentamom

pentamom — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 18:22:18 +0000

Put simply, Aslan was not an incarnation, he was a theophany.

By: Josh Alfaro

Josh Alfaro — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 10:25:46 +0000

Thanks for this post. This is very interesting, especially in connection with the recent Christianity Today article “Christ of the Klingons” This paragraph from the article struck me (http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2010/december/31.46.html?start=3):

“Collins is intrigued by the possibility of a Messiah with two or more—even a million—faces. Since the Council of Chalcedon in A.D. 451, orthodox Christian theology has drawn a distinction between the divine nature and the human nature in the single person of Christ. There is no reason, Collins believes, that Christ’s divine nature could not unite with other incarnational forms.”

Despite the appeal to Chalcedon, this seems like it would be unorthodox. I guess the way to get around the problem and keep the idea of multiple universes is to say that the other planets or universes didn’t experience a “Fall,” which would make an incarnation unnecessary (at least, if you don’t have a supralapsarian Christology!)

By: donsands

donsands — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 23:15:42 +0000

Clive Staples Lewis. I like the name Clive. Yet, Lewis himself was known as Jack, wasn’t he?

I really love the fantasy of Narnia. I love “The Lord of the Rings” as well. Good stuff for our minds.

Theology, or the knowledge of God, in it’s fullness comes from the pulpits, generally.

Also, throughout the world God’s people share the Word with one another, and we learn from each other, and we teach our children the truth, and we may even use the film Prince Caspian to teach about Christ. We could use the movie “True Grit”, which I saw last night, to share thoughts about Christ really.

But, it’s the Holy Scriptures that are the authority, and the power, where we have our hearts goaded and moulded, and our minds renewed.

Good post. I liked it.

By: Cedric Klein

Cedric Klein — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 16:20:37 +0000

Disney’s given us a Narnian Nativity, anyway. What? None of you saw “The Lion King”?

*d&r*

By: Anthony Mator

Anthony Mator — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 15:24:37 +0000

I don’t know that Lewis’ intent was to create a comprehensive picture of Christian theology. It was a more whimsical inspiration: what if an alternate world existed where animals talk and God manifests as a lion? Maybe we’re looking too deeply into this?

By: Albert

Albert — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 16:52:05 +0000

N.B. Michael Ward argues in his ground-breaking (not an exaggeration) Planet Narnia that each of the Narnia books correspond to a planet in the medieval cosmological system. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe corresponds and embodies the mythological qualities of Jupiter the jovial king. Father Christmas, for Lewis, was a kind of Jupiter in his joviality and gift- and feast-giving.

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