The Silent Christ and the Gift of Freedom – in the Bible and Literature
The Silent Christ and the Gift of Freedom – in the Bible and Literature

Summary/Abstract: The present study starts from what seems to be a striking biblical contradiction: although Jesus Christ is recognized by the Christian theology as being the incarnate Logos of God, He is, also, the silent Christ. The Silence and the Word go together in literary and theological contexts. Starting from a series of biblical and cultural sequences that depict the silence of Christ, we tried to prove that this silence can be deceptive: it is not an absence, a negation of the dialogue. On the contrary, it has its own eloquence that upholds the enhancement and the protection of the human freedom. The purpose of this article is to explore this apparent contradiction between the divine Logos and silence, in other words, between the silent Christ and the Logos-Christ. Thus, the three sections of the study are dedicated to the review of the relationship among silence, metamorphosis and forgiveness from the perspective of human liberty.

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