The second rationale tells that at the Resurrection God had reversed this verdict, vindicated Christ, and installed him in the place of honor and power. ... Such a mission brought the church into the world of Hellenistic religion in the setting of Greco-Roman society. ... "Lord" was already in use as the name of Yahweh applied to the exalted Christ; now it became useful in promoting the cultus of Jesus to those who were familiar with the deities of the Greco-Roman world (I Cor. 8:5-6), as later it was Christ's sole lordship that became the dividing line between Christian allegiance and ...

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