Calvin, classical trinitarianism, and the aseity of the Son
By: Brannon Ellis
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780199652402
Subjects: Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564; Philosophy; God; Christologie; Reformierte Theologie; Christianity; Trinitätslehre; God (Christianity); Aseität Gottes; Pre-existence; History of doctrines; Doctrinal Theology; Trinity; History
Other titles: Calvin, classical trinitarianism, & the aseity of the Son
Description: Brannon Ellis investigates the various Reformation and post-Reformation responses to Calvin's affirmation of the Son's aseity (or essential self-existence), a significant episode in the history of theology that is often ignored or misunderstood.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-241) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: 1. Calvin on the aseity of the Son: the 1559 Institutes as entry-point; title: 2. The autothean controversies: Calvin's complex solidarity with classical trinitarianism; title: 3. The theological shape of the Autothean debates: eternal generation's role in classical trinitarianism; title: 4. Identity, distinction, or tension in trinitarian language?: 'loose' approaches to the Son's aseity; title: 5. Tension to distinction: classical and mainstream reformed approaches to the Son's aseity; title: 6. The irreducible triunity of God: the reformed minority report's strict distinction of the two ways of speaking; title: 7. Of himself, God gives himself.