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Product Identifiers
PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100198755058
ISBN-139780198755050
eBay Product ID (ePID)51577956
Product Key Features
Number of Pages496 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameNicaea and Its Legacy : an Approach to Fourth-Century Trinitarian Theology
SubjectChristian Theology / Systematic, History
Publication Year2006
TypeTextbook
AuthorLewis Ayres
Subject AreaReligion
FormatPerfect
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight25.1 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"Bold and erudite...This ambitious work justly shows how crucial the study of the fourth century is for understanding traditional or mainstream trinitarian theology, and it has succeeded already in fostering greater conversation toward this end." -- Journal of Religion, The author's extensive erudition and knowledge of primary and secondary sources...make his achievement almost as remarkable as his initial ambition... This approach to pro-Nicene theology offers some illuminating insights... I maintain my stance on the opposite bank, but am glad to be able to salute a book of such good scholarship and stimulus from the other bank., "Bold and erudite...This ambitious work justly shows how crucial the study of the fourth century is for understanding traditional or mainstream trinitarian theology, and it has succeeded already in fostering greater conversation toward this end." --Journal of Religion
Dewey Decimal273/.4
Table Of ContentI. Towards a Controversy1. Points of Departure2. Theological Trajectories in the Early Fourth Century I3. Theological Trajectories in the Early Fourth Century II4. Confusion and Controversy: AD 325-3405. The Creation of 'Arianism': AD 340-350II. The Emergence of Pro-Nicene Theology6. Shaping the Alternatives: AD 350-3607. The Beginnings of Rapprochement8. Basil of Caesarea and the Development of Pro-Nicene Theology9. The East from Valens to Theodosius10. Victory and the Struggle for DefinitionIII. Understanding Pro-Nicene Theology11. On the Contours of Mystery12. 'The First and Brightest Light'13. 'Walk Towards Him Shining'14. 'On Not Three Gods': Gregory of Nyssa's Trinitarian Theology15. The Grammar of Augustine's Trinitarian Theology16. In Spite of Hegel, Fire and SwordEpilogue: On Teaching the Fourth Century
SynopsisLewis Ayres offers a new account of the most important century in the development of Christian belief after Christ. He shows how the doctrine of the Trinity was developed, and in particular argues that a conception of God's mysteriousness and spiritual progress towards understanding is central to that doctrine., Lewis Ayres offers a new account of the most important century in the development of Christian belief after Christ. He shows how the doctrine of the Trinity was developed, and in particular argues that a conception of God's mysteriousness and spiritual progress towards understanding is central to that doctrine. He also proposes that modern theologies of the Trinity fail to appreciate the depth and power of Nicene trinitarianism., The first part of Nicaea and its Legacy offers a narrative of the fourth-century trinitarian controversy. It does not assume that the controversy begins with Arius, but with tensions among existing theological strategies. Lewis Ayres argues that, just as we cannot speak of one 'Arian' theology, so we cannot speak of one 'Nicene' theology either, in 325 or in 381. The second part of the book offers an account of the theological practices and assumptions within which pro-Nicene theologians assumed their short formulae and creeds were to be understood. Ayres also argues that there is no fundamental division between eastern and western trinitarian theologies at the end of the fourth century. The last section of the book challenges modern post-Hegelian trinitarian theology to engage with Nicaea more deeply.