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The Trinitarian Theology of John Gill (1697-1771): Context, Sources, and Controversy
ABSTRACT THE TRINITARIAN THEOLOGY OF JOHN GILL (1697–1771): CONTEXT, SOURCES, AND CONTROVERSY Steven Tshombe Godet, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2015 Chair: Dr. Michael A. G. Haykin In the eighteenth century in Britain, a major controversy arose over the doctrine of the Trinity. …
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THEOLOGIA AND OIKONOMIA: THE SOTERIOLOGICAL GROUND OF GREGORY OF NAZIANZUS’S TRINITARIAN THEOLOGY.
… explores the soteriological ground of the trinitarian theology of Gregory of Nazianzus and establishes a consistent link in his thought between the spheres of oikonomia and theologia. His writings are studied against the background of contemporary theological and philosophical trends thus …
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Knowing the divine persons: an engagement with Wolfhart Pannenberg’s doctrine of Revelation and Trinitarian theology
This thesis engages the Trinitarian theology of Wolfhart Pannenberg with the epistemology of Michael Polanyi to establish a relational ontology that leads to a conception of persons that is active and dynamic. The first chapter explores Polanyi’s philosophy of science in his specific milieu. The …
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Classical Trinitarian Theology and the Idolatry of Nationalism: The Doctrine of the Trinity as a Critique of Political Theology
… of the Trinity, in the field of political theology today, should be taken as a critique of the idolatry of nationalism and should point us toward a new theological politics that is informed by the proper worship of the triune God, especially in the Church’s sacred liturgy. Existing …
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The Emergence of Divine Simplicity in Patristic Trinitarian Theology: Origen and the Distinctive Shape of the Ante-Nicene Status Quaestionis
… of how divine simplicity entered into Christian Trinitarian discourse. It is the burden of this thesis to demonstrate that divine simplicity emerged in the ante-Nicene period with a distinctive status quaestionis concerning (a) the meaning of the doctrine, and (b) its function in reflections on …
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The Mind of the Maker vs. the mind of the maker : Dorothy L. Sayers' trinitarian theory of creation applied to her plays Zeal of Thy House and The Devil to Pay.
… Dorothy L. Sayers has a carefully worked out Trinitarian theology of Creation that she outlined in her book The Mind of the Maker and elaborated in other Christian essays in The Whimsical Christian: Christian Letters to a Post-Christian World. The nature of her theory is that every act of …
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Christ, the Spirit and Human Transformation in Gregory of Nyssa's In Canticum Canticorum
… Part I. Special emphasis is placed on Gregory's trinitarian theology, christology and pneumatology, as well as the relationship between 'doctrinal' and 'exegetical' works.
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A New Freshman Composition Pedagogy for Christian Colleges and Universities
… for human flourishing. The structure of this Trinitarian writing theory is dually aimed at both the writing pedagogue, by providing the resources from which the teacher can develop an instructional pathway, and the student writer, by providing the resources from which the learner develops …
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The Promise of the Father, the Spirit of the Son: A Framework for a Trinitarian Christological Pneumatology
… pneumatology should be founded upon a classical trinitarian framework as well as maintain a distinct Christological emphasis. Chapter 1 serves as an introduction to this study. In chapter 2, I argue that social trinitarianism and third article theology (which includes Spirit Christology) do not …
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The Trinitarian Doctrine of Grace in Martin Luther's The Bondage of the Will
… theological thought; it can be seen as his theology in a condensed form. In spite of the immense significance of Luther's magnum opus, its theological structure and content have so far not yet been satisfactorily revealed. Much research has been conducted on certain detailed aspects of this …
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GEORGES V. FLOROVSKY AND VLADIMIR N. LOSSKY: AN EXPLORATION, COMPARISON AND DEMONSTRATION OF THEIR UNIQUE APPROACHES TO THE NEOPATRISTIC SYNTHESIS
… that arises is what truly determines Orthodox theology. Florovsky’s method is very historical, and his view of Tradition follows the neopatristic synthesis quite closely, even programmatically. His premise that God created freely, coupled with the absolute ontological distinction between …
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Trinitarian pneumatological personhood and the theology of John Zizioulas
… theological paradigm of personhood to present a trinitarian pneumatologically constituted personhood of communion, becoming a complete person as a specific Christian anthropology. Zizioulas defines personhood as persons-in-communion rather than individuals in isolation. More specifically, this …
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Divine simplicity and the triune identity: a critical dialogue with the theological metaphysics of Robert W. Jenson
… simplicity in systematic and philosophical theology, following decades of intense reflection on the tri-personhood of the Christian God. New studies on divine simplicity have been written from the perspective of historical theology, philosophy of religion, and systematic theology. While …
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De Impassibilitate Et Satisfactione: An Examination of the Methodological Implications of Trinitarian Classical Theism for the Doctrine of the Atonement
Two trends are taking place in evangelical theology. First, the last decade has borne witness to a renaissance of Trinitarian theology. Books have proliferated regarding social and classical Trinitarianism with a marked push in favor of what is becoming known as Trinitarian classical theism. …
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Augustine's Analogy between the Spirit in the Church and the Soul in the Body and Its Implications for Communion Ecclesiology
… based on his understanding of the Spirit in his trinitarian theology. And is, at the same time, an attempt to specify the analogy's relevance for the Church's unity in diversity, the universal and local Churches' communion, and the African church's particularity.</p><p> On account of the divine …
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Analysis and Evaluation of Vladimir Lossky's Doctrine of Theosis
… the leading contemporary spokesmen for Orthodox theology. Two main questions set up the purpose of the study: Is Lossky's soteriological position biblical, and is Lossky's understanding of theosis in agreement with the tradition he belongs to.</p> <p>The method of study is historical-analytical. …
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Covenant and Identity Formation in the Second Century
… analyzed in both biblical studies and historical theology, in addition to select studies of individual writers (though rarely in connection with identity formation). Chapter 2 surveys the first of two important background contexts for understanding early Christian use of the covenant concept—its …
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So That Love May Be Safeguarded: The Nature, Form, and Function of Obedience as a Heuristic Device for the Theology of Hans Urs Von Balthasar
… the notion of obedience in von Balthasar's theology. The claim here is that, if one understands these four vectors of approach then one will have a comprehensive and complex understanding of, not only von Balthasar's teaching on obedience, but on von Balthasar's entire corpus. These …
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