Thevoices of the NTand theChristian tradition harmonizein presenting Father,Son, and HolySpirit as the primary (not exclusive) way of speaking about the tripersonal God. In particular, the early centuries of Christianity show how faith ...

Author: Gerald O'Collins

Publisher: Paulist Press

ISBN: 9781587683640

Category: Trinity

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Now in a revised edition, this book examines the Old Testament roots of trinitarian thought, the historical developments that gave rise to the doctrine of the trinity and contemporary thinking about trinitarian issues.

In The Tripersonal God, Gerald O'Collins examnes the roots and development of trinitarian belief, drawing on three areas for reflection: testimony to the tripersonal God in the scriptures--both the Old Testament background and the teaching ...

Author: Gerald O'Collins

Publisher: Paulist Press

ISBN: 0809138875

Category: Religion

Page: 244

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The Trinity is central to Christian faith, but many Christians have questions about what the Trinity is and why we believe in a trinitarian God. In The Tripersonal God, Gerald O'Collins examnes the roots and development of trinitarian belief, drawing on three areas for reflection: testimony to the tripersonal God in the scriptures--both the Old Testament background and the teaching of Paul and the gospel writers; the development of trinitarian doctrine from the second-century writers and the early councils of the church through medieval theology and modern challenges; major trinitarian issues of today, such as naming the Trinity, the distinct personal existence of the Holy Spirit, and trinitarian imagery. A comprehensive, contemporary inquiry, The Tripersonal God illuminates the historical and scriptural roots of belief in the Trinity and clarifies contemporary trends in trinitarian thought. --

1 I find it interesting in this connection that Ayres the historian shows no signs of deferring to the historical interpretations of the ancient chroniclers! 2 Once again, I cite Gerald O'Collins, The Tripersonal God: Metaphysics and ...

Author: William Hasker

Publisher: Oxford University Press

ISBN: 9780199681518

Category: Philosophy

Page: 278

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William Hasker reviews the evidence concerning fourth-century pro-Nicene trinitarianism in the light of recent developments in the scholarship on this period, arguing for particular interpretations of crucial concepts. He then reviews and criticises recent work on the issue of the divine three-in-oneness, including systematic theologians such as Barth, Rahner, Moltmann, and Zizioulas, and analytic philosophers of religion such as Leftow, van Inwagen, Craig, and Swinburne.

Cf. O'Collins , The Tripersonal God , pp . 98-99 . 30. O'Collins , The Tripersonal God , p . 99. O'Collins explains that here we again have the idea of the logos endiathetos ( " the immanent word ' emitted ' from the mind " ) , and the ...

Author: Roger E. Olson

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

ISBN: 0802848273

Category: Religion

Page: 168

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The first volume in the Guides to Theology series provides an accessible, historical treatment of the Trinity. It traces the doctrine of the Trinity as it emerges in early Christianity, through medieval and reformation eras and into the modern age.

YHWH are assertions of YHWH's primacy among the gods and the requirement for exclusive worship, not claims that YHWH is ... See also Gerald O'Collins, The Tripersonal God: Understanding and Interpreting the Trinity (New York: Paulist ...

Author: Russell, Heidi

Publisher: Orbis Books

ISBN: 9781608336982

Category: Science

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180 ) spoke of God's creating and redeeming through his “ hands , ” the Son and the Spirit , emphasizing that God as Father ... 3 Gerald O'Collins , The Tripersonal God : Understanding and Interpreting the Trinity ( New York : Paulist ...

Author: Thomas P. Rausch

Publisher: Liturgical Press

ISBN: 0814652603

Category: Religion

Page: 167

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Thomas P. Rausch carefully explores the controversies that led to the development of the Apostles Creed and thereby brings it to life for modern readers. More importantly, he maintains that the Creed is most fully alive when those who profess it do so as a personal response to their baptismal call. Attentive to the ways in which the language of the Creed is relevant to the experience of twenty-first-century Christians, he leads us to understand what Pope Benedict meant when he said the Creed is a tiny summa in which everything essential is expressed. With Rauschs guidance, readers will confess those essentials with greater conviction and appreciation.

When we understand freedom as an essential part of personhood and therefore part of the nature of the tripersonal God, we view freedom in a new way. When sovereignty is primarily defined in terms of the absolute and relative attributes, ...

Author: Allan Coppedge

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

ISBN: 9780830825967

Category: Religion

Page: 691

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The triunity of the Christian God is not just one isolated doctrine among others. Allan Coppedge draws out the implications for our understanding of God's nature, attributes, roles, relationship to creation and providence.

Matthew also uses the term kingdom of heaven, honoring the Jewish reluctance to use God's name. ... Gerald O'Collins, The Tripersonal God: Understanding and Interpreting the Trinity (New York: Paulist Press, 1999), 11.

Author: Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen

Publisher: Baker Academic

ISBN: 9781493410255

Category: Religion

Page: 272

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In recent years, the doctrine of God has once again become a central focus of theological discussion and debate. In this ecumenical, international, and contextual introduction, internationally respected scholar Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen offers a global survey of understandings of God in Scripture, Christian history, and contemporary theology. This new edition incorporates developments in theological research over the past decade and has been substantially updated throughout.

So appearances of Jesus and the Holy Spirit, as well as God the Father, can be found in the Old Testament. But what about the Trinity? Are there references to the tripersonal God in a single verse or passage, like we find in the New ...

Author: Bruce Bickel

Publisher: Bethany House

ISBN: 9781441230652

Category: Religion

Page: 208

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Bestselling Authors Tackle Difficult Issues for Believers and Doubters When it comes to the big questions about God--Is he real? Why are Christians so unlike Jesus? Does he really care about me?--Bruce Bickel and Stan Jantz don't pretend to have all the answers. But they do know how to wrestle with doubt. They welcome questions, and in these pages they ask some of the most important ones you have about God and the Bible. With candor, insight, and a disarming touch of humor, they provide some answers to these critical questions, yet they leave enough space--and grace--for you to keep wrestling, asking, and seeking Truth. There is no shame in asking--after all, even some of the greatest men and women in the Bible had doubts. Don't let your questions go unanswered. What you find might just change your life.

... a tri-personal essence. is new experience of salvation as encounter with the tri-personal God also allowed the apostles to understand God's acts of creation in the context of the tripersonal nature of God. ese were Jewish believers ...

Author: Aran J. E. Persaud

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

ISBN: 9781666721720

Category: Religion

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If we pick up the Bible as God's word and at the beginning read with trepidation, then the whole of the Bible is so read. This book was written to help Christians navigate some of the forces of modernity, which have crept into the church and influenced the way Christians view the reliability of the biblical creation account and more generally the Bible. Its purpose is to encourage readers to see the steadfastness of God's word as a way of making sense of our lives and the world we live in. It hopes to show that a faith-based-historical-reading of Gen 1-3 provides a more trustworthy explanation of reality than atheistic evolutionary theories or reading the Genesis story as a make-believe myth. But the book is not a polemic, per se. It proposes a faith-based-historical-reading of the creation story in hopes of learning more about God, creation, and ourselves.