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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784830303321

Autore

Butin Philip Walker

Titolo

Revelation, redemption, and response : Calvin's trinitarian understanding of the divine-human relationship / / Philip Walker Butin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1995

ISBN

0-19-774092-8

1-280-44219-0

0-19-535885-6

1-4237-5861-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 pages)

Disciplina

230.42

231.7092

231/.044/092

Soggetti

Trinity - History of doctrines - 16th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Duke University.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; I: THE TRINITY: CALVIN'S THEOLOGICAL PARADIGM FOR GOD'S ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP WITH HUMANITY; 1. Reassessing Calvin's Understanding of the Divine-Human Relationship; 2. The Impact of Calvin's Trinitarian Controversies upon the Economic-Trinitarian Emphasis of His Theology; 3. Biblical and Catholic Priorities in Calvin's Trinitarian Paradigm for the Divine-Human Relationship; II: THE TRINITARIAN BASIS, PATTERN, AND DYNAMIC OF THE DIVINE-HUMAN RELATIONSHIP; 4. Revelation: the Trinity as the Basis of God's Relationship with Humanity

5. Redemption: the Trinity as the Pattern of God's Relationship with Humanity; 6. Human Response: the Trinity as the Dynamic of God's Relationship with Humanity; III: THE TRINITY AND THE VISIBILITY OF GRACE: CONTEXTUALITY, COMPREHENSIVENESS, AND COHERENCE IN CALVIN'S TRINITARIAN VISION; 7. Church, Trinity, and Contextuality; 8. Baptism, Trinity, and Comprehensiveness; 9. Eucharist, Trinity, and Coherence; Conclusion; Importance for Calvin Studies; Importance for the Historical Development of the Doctrine of the Trinity; Importance for the Ongoing Constructive Task of Christian Theology; Notes;



Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Most Calvin scholars have seen a dialectical opposition between God and humanity as fundamental to Calvin's thought. Butin's study upsets this understanding by addressing Calvin's views on the doctrine of the Trinity and his understanding of the divine-human relationship.