Trinity and Incarnation
The Faith of the Early Church
1st Edition
Published on 1. February 1994
290 pages
978-0-567-24809-1 (ISBN)
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A fresh examination of the history of early Christian doctrine, by one of the world's leading authorities, which sets its development in the political and cultural context of the Roman Empire.
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1. Auflage
Language
English
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London
United Kingdom
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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978-0-567-24809-1 (9780567248091)
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Foreword to the English Edition
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. Theologia' and 'Oikonomia'
- 2. The basis of a historical and at the same time theological answer
- Part One: THE PRE-NICENE PERIOD
- 1 A SURVEY OF PRE-NICENE CHRISTOLOGICAL PROCLAMATION
- I. The pre-Nicene period in general
- II. The essential features of the pre-Nicene proclamation of Christ
- III. The cultural background of the pre-Nicene proclamation of Christ
- 2 THE MYSTERY OF CHRIST IN PRAYER AND EXHORTATION
- I. Narratio
- II. Doxology
- III. Epiclesis
- IV. The beginnings of the baptismal creed
- 3 THE BEGINNINGS OF THEOLOGICAL REFLECTION ON GOD AND HIS SALVATION
- I. The perspective of the history of salvation in general
- II. The victorious ascension of the Saviour
- III. The theology of the names
- IV. Early Christian conceptions of pre-existence
- 4 THE SOTERIOLOGICAL VISION OF THE GREEK APOLOGISTS
- I. The salvation-historical vision of the Logos-theology
- II. Towards a deeper philosophical understanding of the Logos-theology
- III. The doctrine of the prophetic Spirit and the messianic gift
- 5 IRENAEUS' ANTIGNOSTIC DOCTRINE OF SALUS CARNIS
- I. The incarnation as the foundation of the unity of the history of salvation
- II. The trinitarian structure of the history of salvation
- 6 THE ANTIMONARCHIAN CONCEPTION OF THE HISTORY OF SALVATION IN TERTULLIAN, HIPPOLYTUS AND NOVATIAN
- I. The incarnation as the basis of resurrection in Tertullian
- II. Rooting the history of salvation in the eternal Trinity
- 7 ORIGEN'S CHRISTIAN GNOSIS
- I. Origen's systematic answer to the questions of his time
- II. Supplements necessitated by the 'regula fidei'
- 8 THE APPROACH TO NICEA
- I. The search for a balanced distinction of the hypostases
- II. The beginnings of the Logos-Sarx Christology
- III. The crisis of the cosmological Logos-theology
- Part Two: THE NICENE TURNING POINT
- 9 NICE A - STARTING POINT FOR A NEW THEOLOGY
- I. The solution of the Origenist crisis
- II. The consequences for further trinitarian discussion
- III. The Nicene attempt at the christological question
- 10 THE NICENE THEOLOGY OF ATHANASIUS AND HILARY
- I. The deifying incarnation according to Athanasius
- II. The glorifying incarnation according to Hilary
- 11 THE SPIRITUALITY OF THE IMPERIAL CHURCH
- I. Christus - Imperator
- II. Christus - Rex gloriae
- III. Christus - Omnia
- 12 THE FORMULATION OF TRINITARIAN FAITH BY THE CAPPADOCIANS
- I. Historical orientation
- II. The dogmatic formula mia ousia - treis hypostaseis
- III. The search for a further explanation of the divine unity
- IV. The unfolding of pneumatology
- 13 THE GENERAL RECEPTION OF THE NICENE FAITH IN ABOUT 380
- I. The interpretation of the Nicene faith by the council of Constantinople (381)
- II. The acceptance of the Nicene faith by the Western Churches
- III. The acceptance of the Nicene faith by the Eastern Churches
- 14 THE REVELATION OF THE LOVE OF THE HUMBLE GOD ACCORDING TO AUGUSTINE
- I. The most important writings on the Trinity and on Christ
- II. The main lines of Augustine's doctrine of the Trinity
- III. St. Augustine's Christocentrism
- IV. The trinitarian and christological terminology
- Part Three: UNDER THE SWAY OF CHALCEDON
- 15 THE BEGINNINGS OF THE CHRISTOLOGICAL QUESTION
- I. The heritage of the first three centuries
- II. The development of the christological problem from 360
- 16 THE GREAT CHRISTOLOGICAL TRADITIONS
- I. The Antiochene Tradition
- II. The Alexandrine Tradition
- III. The Latin Tradition
- 17 THE FAITH OF CHALCEDON
- I. The council of Chalcedon as historical event
- II. The Definition of Chalcedon (DS 300ff)
- III. The sources of the faith of Chalcedon
- IV. The theological significance of the faith of Chalcedon
- 18 POST-CHALCEDONIAN THEOLOGY
- I. The unfolding of Chalcedonian Christology up to 553
- II. The christological controversies of the seventh century
- III. The repercussions of the christological controversies on the doctrine of the Trinity
- RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT
- I. A complex history
- II. Dogma as the result of 'negative' demarcation
- III. The ever-fresh reinterpretation of the baptismal faith
- Bibliography
- Index of Modern Authors
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