Christology and the Logic of Grace in Fifth-Century Gaul

by Fairbairn, Donald

• ISBN13: 9780198936190
• ISBN10: 0198936192
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780198936206
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2025-03-19
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Author Biography

Donald Fairbairn, Robert E. Cooley Professor of Early Christianity, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, USA

Donald Fairbairn holds an A.B. in English literature from Princeton University, an M.Div. from Denver Seminary, and a Ph.D. in patristics from the University of Cambridge. He has taught patristics and historical theology throughout Europe and North America and has held full-time posts at Donetsk Christian University (Ukraine) and Erskine Theological Seminary (South Carolina), as well as holding a long-running part-time post at Evangelische Theologische Faculteit (Belgium). Since 2010, he has been the Robert E. Cooley Professor of Early Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (North Carolina) and, since 2023, he has also held a part-time post at Union School of Theology (Wales).

Table of Contents

Introduction1. Setting the Stage: Christology and Grace in Augustine's Later Writings2. Leporius: A Crypto-'Pelagian', Proto-'Nestorian'?3. John Cassian: 'Nestorius', Grace, and the Monastic Life4. Vincent of Lérins: 'Nestorius', Christian Orthodoxy, and Grace5. Prosper of Aquitaine: Grace, 'Nestorianism', and God's Salvific Will6. Faustus of Riez: 'Nestorianism' and Prima GratiaConclusion