Hari Bol Dear Theist!,

Yes, Srila Prabhupada said quite a few things regarding Christ and Christianity and so have other gaudiya acharyas such as Sridhara Maharaja. The reason I pointed out Bhakti Ananda Goswami's 'thesis is that it takes Christ's ontological position according to the Christian tradition into consideration when finding a proper place for him within the Gaudiya tradition. I am not a christian and am not really very interested in this subject too much, except for the fact that my wife is a devout Catholic.

While Srila Prabhupada said many things about Christ it has been my experience that most Christians don't agree with the assessment that Christ is 'one among many'. The theology of Christianity places Christ in a unique position not only in terms of his incarnation, but in terms of his eternal position within the kingdom of God.

For instance, Christian doctrine states that he is 'seated at the right hand of the father', that 'originally the word was with God and was God and became incarnate', and that Christ is both fully man and fully God. Christian doctrine makes a very clear distinction between Christ and humanity - it in no way attributes the divinity of Christ to 'created beings'.

My only point being, really, that to say that Christ is a perfected jiva based on Gaudiya theology and interpreting Christianity from a Guadiya perspective goes against the teachings of the church in regard to who Christ is and what his ontological position is. The church sees Christ as 'fully God'.

Your servant,
Audarya-lila dasa