Christology (from Greek Χριστός Khristós and -λογία, -logia) is the field of study within Christian theology which is primarily concerned with the nature and person of Jesus Christ as recorded in the canonical Gospels and the epistles of the New Testament. Primary considerations include the relationship of Jesus' nature and person with the nature and person of God the Father. As such, Christology is concerned with the details of Jesus' ministry, his acts and teachings, to arrive at a clearer understanding of who he is in his person, and his role in salvation.

A major component of the Christology of the Apostolic Age was that of Saint Paul, whose central themes were the notion of the pre-existence of Christ and the worship of Christ as Kyrios (Greek: Lord). Following the Apostolic Age, there was fierce and often politicized debate in the early church on many interrelated issues. Christology was a major focus of these debates, and was addressed at every one of the first seven ecumenical councils—the second through fourth of these generally being entitled "Christological councils", with the latter three mainly elucidating what was taught in them and condemning incorrect interpretations—with the Council of Chalcedon in 451 issuing a formulation of the being of Christ—that of two natures, one human and one divine, "united with neither confusion nor division", the doctrine of the hypostatic union—that is still held today amongst all Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox Christians, referred to as Chalcedonian Christianity. Due to politically charged differences in the 4th century, schisms developed, and the first denominations (from the Latin, "to take a new name") formed.

Charles Lawson (born 17 September 1959) is a Northern Irish film and television actor.

He was born Quintin Charles Devenish Lawson in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, Lawson was educated at Campbell College (a Grammar School) in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and later at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, England.

Lawson has appeared in at least three films and in at least twenty television productions. He is probably best known for appearing as Jim McDonald (who is originally from Belfast) in the ITV television soap opera Coronation Street. He first appeared as Jim in 1989 and remained a regular character for the next 11 years, since which time his appearances have been few and far between.

His other television work includes appearing as Seamus Duffryn in the Yorkshire Television thriller miniseries Harry's Game (also known as Belfast Assassin) (1982) based around The Troubles in Northern Ireland and as Trigg in the television film The Firm (1988). He has also appeared in various other television series including Doctors (twenty-four episodes), Bread (three episodes), The Bill (three episodes) and Rosemary and Thyme (one episode).