The Oxford Handbook of the Trinity

by Emery, O. P., Gilles; Levering, Matthew

• ISBN13: 9780199557813
• ISBN10: 0199557810
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-01-13
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This handbook examines the history of Trinitarian theology and reveals the Nicene unity still at work among Christians today despite ecumenical differences and the variety of theological perspectives. The forty-three chapters are organized into the following seven parts: the Trinity in Scripture, Patristic witnesses to the Trinitarian faith, Medieval appropriations of the Trinitarian faith, the Reformation through to the 20th Century, Trinitarian Dogmatics, the Trinity and Christian life, and Dialogues (addressing ecumenical, interreligious, and cultural interactions). The phrase 'Trinitarian faith' can hardly be understood outside of reference to the Councils of Nicaea and Constantinople and to their reception: the doctrine of the Trinity is indissociably connected to the reading of Scripture through the ecclesial and theological traditions. The modern period is characterized especially by the arrival of history, under two principal aspects: 'historical theology' and 'philosophies of history'. In contemporary theology, the principal 'theological loci' are Trinity and creation, Trinity and grace, Trinity and monotheism, Trinity and human life (ethics, society, politics and culture), and more broadly Trinity and history. In all these areas, this handbook offers essays that do justice to the diversity of view points, while also providing, insofar as possible, a coherent ensemble.

Author Biography

Gilles Emery, O.P, is Professor of Dogmatic Theology at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. He is a member of the International Theological Commission, and he is most recently the author of Trinity, Church, and the Human Person; The Trinitarian Theology of Saint Thomas Aquinas; and The Trinity: An Introduction to Catholic Doctrine on the Triune God.


Matthew Levering is Professor of Theology at the University of Dayton. He has published numerous books, including most recently Biblical Natural Law; The Betrayal of Charity; and Predestination. He is co-editor of the English edition of the quarterly journal Nova et Vetera.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. x
Common Abbreviations	p. xi
Contributors	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
The Trinity in Scripture
The Canonization of Scripture in the Context of Trinitarian Doctrine	p. 15
The Trinity in the Old Testament	p. 28
The Trinity in the Letters of St Paul and Hebrews	p. 41
The Trinity in the Synoptic Gospels and Acts	p. 55
The Trinity in the Johannine Literature	p. 69
Exegesis and the Early Christian Doctrine of the Trinity	p. 80
Patristic Witnesses to the Trinitarian Faith
The Trinity in the Ante-Nicene Fathers	p. 95
The Trinity in the Fourth-Century Fathers	p. 109
Augustine on the Trinity	p. 123
Late Patristic Developments on the Trinity in the East	p. 138
Medieval Appropriations of the Trinitarian Faith
Trinitarian Theology from Alcuin to Anselm	p. 155
Scholastic Reasons, Monastic Meditations and Victorine Conciliations: The Question of the Unity and Plurality of God in the Twelfth Century	p. 168
Franciscan and Dominican Trinitarian Theology (Thirteenth Century): Bonaventure and Aquinas	p. 182
Medieval Trinitarian Theology from the late Thirteenth to the Fifteenth Centuries	p. 197
The Development of the Trinity Doctrine in Byzantium (Ninth to Fifteenth Centuries)	p. 210
The Reformation to the Twentieth Century
The Trinity in the Reformers	p. 227
The Trinity in the Early Modern Era (c.1550-1770)	p. 240
The Trinity in Kant, Hegel, and Schelling	p. 254
Nineteenth-Century Protestant Doctrines of the Trinity	p. 267
Catholic Theology of the Trinity in the Nineteenth Century	p. 281
Karl Barth's Doctrine of the Trinity, and Some Protestant Doctrines after Barth	p. 294
Karl Rahner, Hans Urs von Balthasar, and Twentieth-Century Catholic Currents on the Trinity	p. 314
Contemporary Orthodox Currents on the Trinity	p. 328
Trinitarian Theology in the Light of Analytic Philosophy	p. 339
Trinitarian Dogmatics
The Trinity as Christian Teaching	p. 349
The Divine Person(s): Trinity, Person, and Analogous Naming	p. 259
A Theology of God the Father	p. 371
Trinitarian Christology: The Eternal Son	p. 387
The Deep Things of God: Trinitarian Pneumatology	p. 400
The Trinity, Creation, and Christian Anthropology	p. 414
The Trinity, the Church, and the Sacraments	p. 428
Trinity and Salvation: Christian Life as an Existence in the Trinity	p. 442
The Trinity and Christian Life
The Trinity in Liturgy and Preaching	p. 457
The Trinity in Christian Visual Arts	p. 472
The Trinitarian Imprint on the Moral Life	p. 487
The Trinity and Moral Life: Julian's Trinitarian Logic of Love and Contagion	p. 493
The Trinity and Prayer	p. 505
The Trinity and Feminism	p. 519
The Trinity and Politics	p. 531
Dialogues
Ecumenism and the Doctrine of the Trinity Today	p. 547
The Doctrine of God in Jewish-Christian Dialogue	p. 559
The Trinity in Interrehgious Dialogues	p. 573
Globalization, Postmodern Theories of Culture, and the Trinity	p. 586
Conclusion: Prospects for Trinitarian Theology	p. 600
Index	p. 607
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