CROWTHER JOURNAL OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES

A Summary of Johanine Christological Titles in Ibibio Context is coined out of the wonderful Johanine Literature of the Gospel of Saint John. There are ecclesiastical Christological titles given to Jesus Christ by the author of the Gospel of Saint John. To this end, such Christological titles of our Lord Jesus Christ make the understanding of the plethora of honorable, reverential names or titles given to Jesus Christ in Ibibio context simpler and impacting on Christians in Ibibioland of Akwa Ibom State. Therefore, this work using the descriptive method of survey perused such contextual titles given to Jesus in Ibibio dialect. It is evident that use of such titles as Okposong Abasi (The Almighty God), Otop Ama Ekim Abasi (The God You Shoot at and Exhaust your Arsenals Without Prevailing), Asanga Isang Ananantim Abasi (The God that Walks without Hearing His Gait), Oko Iberedem (The Wall of Defense), Akwa Itak Eto Ono Owo Mfud (A Great Tree that Gives Shadow), Enyin Enyin Oyoho Idem Abasi (The God that is Full of Eyes all Over) etc., elicit faith, reverence, revival, courage, comfort and trust in Jesus Christ more evident among the Christian adherents in Ibibio. More so, such titles are used in prayers, worships, songs and poems which go a long way to make believe in Jesus Christ the only Savior of the world more solid.

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