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The threefold office ((ラテン語:munus triplex)) of Jesus Christ is a Christian doctrine based upon the teachings of the Old Testament, of which Christians hold different views. It was described by Eusebius and more fully developed by John Calvin. The doctrine states that Jesus Christ performed three functions (or "offices") in his earthly ministry - those of prophet ((Deuteronomy 18:14-22 )), priest ((Psalm 110:1-4 )), and king ((Psalm 2 )) In the Old Testament, the appointment of someone to any of these three positions could be indicated by anointing him or her by pouring oil over the head. Thus the term messiah, meaning "anointed one", is associated with the concept of the threefold office. While the office of king is that most frequently associated with the Messiah, the role of Jesus as priest is also prominent in the New Testament, being most fully explained in chapters 7 to 10 of the Book of Hebrews. ==The three offices== Eusebius worked out this threefold classification, writing: "And we have been told also that certain of the prophets themselves became, by the act of anointing, Christs in type, so that all these have reference to the true Christ, the divinely inspired and heavenly Word, who is the only high priest of all, and the only King of every creature, and the Father’s only supreme prophet of prophets."〔Hist. eccl. 1.3.8, in Philip Schaff, ed., ''Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers,'' Second Series (New York, 1890), 1:86.〕 During the Reformation this concept played a substantial role in scholastic Lutheran Christology and in the christology of Reformed theologians such as John Calvin〔Institutes of the Christian Religion, 2.15〕 as well as that of John Wesley.〔H. Orton Wiley, Christian Theology Chapter 22 (online ) (Nampa, Idaho: 1993-2005, accessed 3 June 2006); available from http://wesley.nnu.edu/holiness_tradition/wiley/wiley-2-22.htm〕 Walter A. Elwell claims that Christian theologians view all the other roles of Christ as falling under one of these three distinctions.〔''Evangelical Dictionary of Theology''. Ed. Walter A. Elwell. (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2001). 858〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Threefold office」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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