Christology

Christology: a guide for the perplexed

by Spence, Alan, (Alan John)

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Today Christology is of concern to both New Testament scholars and theologians alike and continues to provoke debate within the Church. Christology: A Guide for the Perplexed examines the key debates and defining moments in the early Church and the Reformation. After a brief introduction providing a basic definition of Christology, this historical background provides an essential foundation on which to outline later developments in Christology. Alan Spence then considers the Quest for the Histo…

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  • Full title :Christology : a guide for the perplexed / Alan J. Spence.

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Today Christology is of concern to both New Testament scholars and theologians alike and continues to provoke debate within the Church. Christology: A Guide for the Perplexed examines the key debates and defining moments in the early Church and the Reformation. After a brief introduction providing a basic definition of Christology, this historical background provides an essential foundation on which to outline later developments in Christology. Alan Spence then considers the Quest for the Historical Jesus, the work of the major theologians in this area including Barth and Schleiermacher, and f.

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  • Publication Date:©2008

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Originally published: 2008.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780567666130, 0567666131
  • oclc:ocn909904112
  • LC Classification:BT203
  • Dewey Decimal:232

Table of Contents

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Preface; CLASSICAL CHRISTOLOGY; 1. The Paradox; QUESTIONS ABOUT JESUS; THE TASK OF CHRISTOLOGY; AVOIDING THE ISSUE; CONCLUSION; 2. Incarnation; EARLY CHRISTIAN REFLECTION ON JESUS; IRENAEUS AND THE GNOSTICS; INCARNATION AS A MASTER-STORY; THE PRE-EXISTENT WORD; DOES GOD CHANGE?; CONCLUSION; 3. Athanasius and the Arians; AN ARIAN ACCOUNT OF SALVATION; JESUS AND THE HOLY SPIRIT; THE WILL OF GOD; THE PRE-EXISTENT CHRIST; AN ONTOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIP; CONCLUSION; 4. The Human Mind of the Word of God.

APOLLINARIUS (c. 310-c. 390)ALEXANDRIANS AND ANTIOCHENES; NESTORIUS (d.c. 451); THE DEFINITION OF CHALCEDON; CONCLUSION; 5. Divine and Human Willing in Christ; THE MONOPHYSITES; MONOTHELITISM; YOUR WILL BE DONE; THE SUBJECT OF THE TWO NATURES IN CHRIST; CONCLUSION; 6. Jesus and the Spirit; THE BIBLICAL TESTIMONY; IRENAEUS AND THEODORE; A FRESH FOCUS ON PNEUMATOLOGY; THE CHRISTOLOGY OF JOHN OWEN; CONCLUSION; MODERN CHRISTOLOGY; 7. The Socinian Challenge to Nicea; THE REFORMATION; THE RACOVIAN CATECHISM; CONCLUSION; 8. In Search of the Historical Jesus; REIMARUS' LIFE OF JESUS.

HISTORICAL METHODTHE ESCHATOLOG…

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Subjects

Christology History Jesus Christ RELIGION -- Christian Theology Theology, Doctrinal

Writers

Spence, Alan, (Alan John)

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