We believe in the crucified and risen Lord
By: Mark J. Edwards.
Series: Ancient Christian doctrine series -- v. 3
Publisher: IVP Academic
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Downers Grove, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9780830825332
Subjects: Jesus Christ -- Crucifixion -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600; Jesus Christ -- Resurrection -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600; Nicene Creed
Description: "The resurrection changed everything. "But for the resurrection," writes Mark J. Edwards, "there would have been no reason to argue for a union of two natures in the person of Christ, let alone for a dyad or triad in the Godhead. All that he had said and done in the course of his earthly ministry would have sat well enough with the character of a prophet who excelled such predecessors as Isaiah and John the Baptist only in power and closeness to God."" "This is the story that unfolds as Mark J. Edwards gathers together the most salient comments from the early church on the latter half of the second article of the Nicene Creed on God the Son as the crucified and risen Lord. The deliberations of ancient Christian writers on these matters are regarded now as the nucleus of Christology. The work of Christ is customarily considered, in Western Christendom at least, as the principal object of his coming. That Christ died for our sins was an axiom of all apostolic preaching." "In these pages we see that the doctrines of the Trinity and the incarnation were not the second thoughts of Christendom after its encounter with Greek philosophy. Rather they were forced on the church by its refusal to adopt the polytheism of the Greeks as a means of reconciling the sovereignty of God with the exaltation of Christ as Lord." "It is ultimately in the work of Christ that the essentials of his Person are revealed. The church's early teachers ultimately combine to denounce the critical maneuvers that would persuade us that the Scriptures do not mean what they plainly say. Here, as throughout the Creed, we see how the early church rooted all its claims in Scripture."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: For our sake; title: He was crucified; title: Under Pontius Pilate; title: He suffered death; title: And was buried; title: On the third day He rose again; title: In accordance with the Scriptures; title: He ascended into heaven; title: And is seated at the right hand of the Father; title: He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead; title: And His kingdom will have no end.