Adoptionism

[CleftOfLight]

This was a beliefe among some early christains that Jesus was born a man,who was faithful,had special powers,but was not the son of God until God raised him to divine status either at his baptisim or at his reserrection.

Just wonder on what your thoughts and views are on this subject.

[Ninjakitten]

On the one hand, it is said that the Holy Spirit descended upon him at his baptism. On the other hand, he was also reported to have had a lot of knowledge of Jewish scripture at a fairly young age (both according to the Bible). I think it's possible that the Holy Spirit guided him until his baptism to learn the things he would need to know for his ministry (probably without his knowledge), then he was given his Divine Authority by the Diety at his baptism. I don't think it waited until his resurrection, just because of some of the miracles he was reported to have done.