Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ functions as the transcendent Christian figure whom characters invoke to translate political crisis into moral reckoning. He operates across private and public registers: summoned by Father Cavanaugh in intimate confession to press sacrificial mercy, and invoked by President Bartlet in a civic benediction to bless the nation and legitimize communal purpose. He speaks no lines but exerts pressure as an ethical standard—compelling leaders toward conscience, shaping private anguish into public duty, and anchoring theological claims within the administration's moral vocabulary.