“The Eternal Buddha Is No One Else but the Eternal Christ—a Talk given to a United Reformed Church Advent Online Retreat Called ‘Waiting for the Light’ on December 2nd, 2025” by Andrew James Brown

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Brown, Andrew James. “The Eternal Buddha Is No One Else but the Eternal Christ—a Talk given to a United Reformed Church Advent Online Retreat Called ‘Waiting for the Light’ on December 2nd, 2025.” Blogspot. Caute, 30 Nov. 2025, https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-eternal-buddha-is-no-one-else-but.html.

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Author of the book Jesus Through the Centuries. :: Jaroslav Pelikan

According to the book Jesus Through the Centuries by Jaroslav Pelikan, how many Jesuses are there in history? :: 18

Seven stops in Shin’ichirō Imaoka’s religious history:
1.
2. Anglican Christianity
3. Congregational ministry
4. Japanese Yuniterian movement
5. Shinto
6. New Buddhism
7. Jiyū Shūkyō
?
Jōdo Shinshū

Seven stops in Shin’ichirō Imaoka’s religious history:

  1. Jōdo Shinshū
  3. Congregational ministry
  4. Japanese Yuniterian movement
  5. Shinto
  6. New Buddhism
  7. Jiyū Shūkyō
    ?
    Anglican Christianity

Seven stops in Shin’ichirō Imaoka’s religious history:

  1. Jōdo Shinshū
  2. Anglican Christianity
  4. Japanese Yuniterian movement
  5. Shinto
  6. New Buddhism
  7. Jiyū Shūkyō
    ?
    Congregational ministry

Seven stops in Shin’ichirō Imaoka’s religious history:

  1. Jōdo Shinshū
  2. Anglican Christianity
  3. Congregational ministry
  5. Shinto
  6. New Buddhism
  7. Jiyū Shūkyō
    ?
    Japanese Yuniterian movement

Seven stops in Shin’ichirō Imaoka’s religious history:

  1. Jōdo Shinshū
  2. Anglican Christianity
  3. Congregational ministry
  4. Japanese Yuniterian movement
  6. New Buddhism
  7. Jiyū Shūkyō
    ?
    Shinto

Seven stops in Shin’ichirō Imaoka’s religious history:

  1. Jōdo Shinshū
  2. Anglican Christianity
  3. Congregational ministry
  4. Japanese Yuniterian movement
  5. Shinto
  7. Jiyū Shūkyō
    ?
    New Buddhism

Seven stops in Shin’ichirō Imaoka’s religious history:

  1. Jōdo Shinshū
  2. Anglican Christianity
  3. Congregational ministry
  4. Japanese Yuniterian movement
  5. Shinto
  6. New Buddhism

?
Jiyū Shūkyō

Seven stops in Shin’ichirō Imaoka’s religious history:
?

  1. Jōdo Shinshū
  2. Anglican Christianity
  3. Congregational ministry
  4. Japanese Yuniterian movement
  5. Shinto
  6. New Buddhism
  7. Jiyū Shūkyō

New Buddhism in Japanese. :: Shin Bukkyō

In his talk “Who is Christ?,” how many Christs did Imaoka said he met in his life? :: 3

The three Christs Imaoka met in his life.
1.
2. Corporate Christ
3. Cosmic Christ
?
Historical Jesus

The three Christs Imaoka met in his life.

  1. Historical Jesus
  3. Cosmic Christ
    ?
    Corporate Christ

The three Christs Imaoka met in his life.

  1. Historical Jesus
  2. Corporate Christ

?
Cosmic Christ

The three Christs Imaoka met in his life.
?

  1. Historical Jesus
  2. Corporate Christ
  3. Cosmic Christ

Apostle who introduced the idea of a Corporate Christ. :: Paul

In the apostle Paul’s idea of a Corporate Christ, Christ is what? :: The Church and its members.

Per Imaoka, the parable that illustrates Corporate Christ. :: Prodigal Son

Per Imaoka’s understanding of the parable of the Prodigal Son, who/what is the source of salvation? :: The home.

Explain Imaoka’s use of the parable of the Prodigal Son as illustration for the Corporate Christ. :: Salvation does not come from God or some individual but by the community.

Form of theology associated to the idea of a Cosmic Christ. :: Ecotheology

Per a Cosmic Christ perspective, when is Christ born? :: This moment.