In the Essays on the Gita Sri Aurobindo mentions the names of three Avatars, and Christ is one of them. An Avatar is an emanation of the Supreme Lord who assumes a human body on earth. I heard Sri Aurobindo himself say that Christ was an emanation of the Lord’s aspect of love.
The Mother, On Thoughts and Aphorisms: Aphorism – 38
Sri Aurobindo Center of Los Angeles and the East-West Cultural Center 