La fe de Jesús, fundamento de la fe en Cristo

Abstract

What the Church believes of Christ finds its roots in Jesus' manner of believing in God. However, at the same time, the faith of the Church allows one to infer how the spiritual experience of Jesus came about. This reciprocal reference between Christ and the Church invites one to investigate the anthropological and theological tenets of the faith "of" Jesus, in the difficulties and possibilities that Jesus could have had in order to believe in his Father, given that he teaches us accordingly why and how to believe as well. In this way we discover that the Father, upon raising up Jesus, triumphs over the Mysterium iniquitatis and, against every suspicion of a possible indifference on the God's part in the face of human suffering, gives proof of being a God who deserves faith. The Father deserves faith, but he wouldn't if He did not also "believe" in humanity, just as He "believed" in his Son, Jesus. It is the love of the Father that, in the final analysis, brings about trust in Him and among people.