The Trinity

by Emery, Giles; Levering, Matthew

• ISBN13: 9780813218649
• ISBN10: 0813218640
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-06-22
• Publisher: Catholic Univ of Amer Pr

Summary

Representing the highest quality of scholarship, Gilles Emery offers a much-anticipated introduction to Catholic doctrine on the Trinity. His extensive research combined with lucid prose provides readers a resource to better understand the foundations of Trinitarian reflection. The book is addressed to all who wish to benefit from an initiation to Trinitarian doctrine.

Author Biography

Gilles Emery, a Dominican priest of the Swiss province of Preachers, is professor of dogmatic theology at the University of Fribourg. He is an elected member of the International Theological Commission and the author of several books, including The Trinitarian theology of Saint Thomas Aquinas and Trinity, Church, and the Human Person. Matthew Levering, professor of theology at the University of Dayton, is author of several books, most recently Christ and the Catholic Priesthood, and coeditor of Thomas Aquinas's Commentary on the Gospel of John.

Table of Contents

Translator's Foreword	p. vii
Abbreviations and References	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
Entering into Trinitarian Faith	p. 1
The Revelation of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit	p. 21
The Confessions of Trinitarian Faith	p. 51
Three ôPersonsö or ôHypostasesö	p. 83
Doctrinal Synthesis on the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit	p. 111
Returning to the Creative and Saving Action of the Trinity	p. 159
By Way of Conclusion	p. 195
Glossary	p. 199
Bibliography	p. 205
Index	p. 215
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