The (God-) man on the Mountain: The Christology of the Transfiguration.

This article provides a Chalcedonian theological analysis of the transfiguration of Jesus, emphasizing it as a revelation of Jesus’ unique identity as both fully divine and fully human. It argues that the transfiguration displays Jesus’ innate divine glory in a creaturely form without setting aside his humanity, highlighting the unity of his one person with two distinct natures as defined by Chalcedonian Christology. The event is presented as a proleptic and necessary manifestation of Jesus’ divine perfections, granted by the Father, which also models the future glorification of the righteous through union with Christ by the Spirit. The article situates the transfiguration within the broader biblical and Old Testament context, underscoring its soteriological and eschatological significance while affirming that glory follows the path of suffering and resurrection.