Overview
In this volume, a noted theologian brings together an ecumenical roster of leading scholars to explore trinitarian faith as it is concretely experienced in the life of the church. Drawing upon and fostering renewed interest in trinitarian theology, the contributors--including Brian E. Daley, John Behr, and Kathleen McVey--clarify the centrality of trinitarian doctrine in salvation, worship, and life. This is the third volume in Holy Cross Studies in Patristic Theology and History, a partnership between Baker Academic and the Pappas Patristic Institute of Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology. The series is a deliberate outreach by the Orthodox community to Protestant and Catholic seminarians, pastors, and theologians.
Table of Contents
Contents
Foreword by Father Nick Triantafilou
Part 1. The Trinity in Christian Worship
1. The Baptismal Command (Matthew 28:19-20) and the Doctrine of the Trinity Joseph T. Lienhard, SJ
2. Eucharist and Trinity in the Liturgies of the Early Church Robert J. Daly, SJ
3. The Nascent "Trinitarian" Worship of Martyrdom of Polycarp 14 and Ephesians 1 Paul A. Hartog
4. Gregory of Nyssa on Knowing the Trinity Nonna Verna Harrison
Part 2. Jesus Christ, the Trinity, and Christian Salvation
5. The Holy Trinity as the Dynamic of the World's Salvation in the Greek Fathers John Anthony McGuckin
6. Maximus the Confessor and John of Damascus on the Trinity Brian E. Daley, SJ
7. Deification in Augustine: Plotinian or Trinitarian? Matthew Drever
8. Justification as Declaration and Deification Bruce D. Marshall
Part 3. The Trinity and Ecclesial Being
9. Personhood, Communion, and the Trinity in Some Patristic Texts Khaled Anatolios
10. The Trinitarian Being of the Church John Behr
11. The Relevance of Gregory of Nyssa's Ad Ablabium for Catholic-Orthodox Ecumenical Dialogue on the Trinity and the Church Thomas Cattoi
12. Syriac Christian Tradition and Gender in Trinitarian Theology Kathleen McVey
Conclusion: A God in Whom We Live: Ministering the Trinitarian God Brian E. Daley, SJ
Indexes
Foreword by Father Nick Triantafilou
Part 1. The Trinity in Christian Worship
1. The Baptismal Command (Matthew 28:19-20) and the Doctrine of the Trinity Joseph T. Lienhard, SJ
2. Eucharist and Trinity in the Liturgies of the Early Church Robert J. Daly, SJ
3. The Nascent "Trinitarian" Worship of Martyrdom of Polycarp 14 and Ephesians 1 Paul A. Hartog
4. Gregory of Nyssa on Knowing the Trinity Nonna Verna Harrison
Part 2. Jesus Christ, the Trinity, and Christian Salvation
5. The Holy Trinity as the Dynamic of the World's Salvation in the Greek Fathers John Anthony McGuckin
6. Maximus the Confessor and John of Damascus on the Trinity Brian E. Daley, SJ
7. Deification in Augustine: Plotinian or Trinitarian? Matthew Drever
8. Justification as Declaration and Deification Bruce D. Marshall
Part 3. The Trinity and Ecclesial Being
9. Personhood, Communion, and the Trinity in Some Patristic Texts Khaled Anatolios
10. The Trinitarian Being of the Church John Behr
11. The Relevance of Gregory of Nyssa's Ad Ablabium for Catholic-Orthodox Ecumenical Dialogue on the Trinity and the Church Thomas Cattoi
12. Syriac Christian Tradition and Gender in Trinitarian Theology Kathleen McVey
Conclusion: A God in Whom We Live: Ministering the Trinitarian God Brian E. Daley, SJ
Indexes
Endorsements
"This book brings together an all-star cast of theologians to explain the role of the Holy Trinity in the life of the church. It also represents the very best of Eastern Orthodox ecumenism. No one interested in the doctrine of the Trinity can afford to overlook this work."
George Hunsinger, Princeton Theological Seminary
"In the last thirty years, scholars have revolutionized our understanding of how, over the course of its earliest centuries, the Christian church came to speak of God as Trinity. This wide-ranging collection of essays both catches readers up on the fruits of that research and pushes it forward. Khaled Anatolios has gathered an excellent array of scholars to explore various contours of this most profound mystery of the Christian faith. And they start where they should, with Christian liturgy, for it is out of the experience of worship--of baptism, of meditation on the Scriptures, of Eucharist--that the trinitarian faith of Christians is rooted, is experienced, is savored."
William Harmless, SJ, Creighton University
"It is said that most Christians don't understand the connection between what they believe and how they live. This claim is often true enough, but we need to replace the word 'what' with the phrase 'in whom.' It is not just what we believe, but our faith in God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit that should--and does--inform everything we do in worship, life, and ministry. For those seeking to answer the question of how our life in the church and the world grows out of our faith in the Trinity, this book--written by scholars who have listened carefully to those in the early church who were most concerned to make this connection--provides food for deep thought and reflection. It is a pleasure to recommend it."
Donald Fairbairn, Robert E. Cooley Professor of Early Christianity, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary; author of Life in the Trinity
"In this rich collection of essays, a holy impatience enlists meticulous historical scholarship to articulate the trinitarian dynamics at work, whether recognized or not, in the faith lives of Christian communities. Convinced that ressourcement opens the path to a revitalized trinitarian theology, the authors trace the connections between liturgy, Scripture, theology, and spirituality in patristic literature, offering fresh readings of major figures, in the face of which conventional truisms fall away. Representing Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and Protestant traditions, they are no mere antiquarians but write with an eye to the relevance of their research for contemporary theology, ecumenism, and issues of gendered speech about God."
William P. Loewe, Catholic University of America
Author
Khaled Anatolios
Khaled Anatolios (PhD, Boston College) is professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame. He previously taught in the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry. He is the author of Retrieving Nicaea: The Development and Meaning of Trinitarian Doctrine, Athanasius: The Coherence of His Thought, and the Athanasius volume in Routledge's Early Church Fathers series. Anatolios was named a Henry Luce III Fellow in Theology for 2011-2012. He is also on the steering committee of the Boston Colloquy in Historical Theology and on the board of directors of the Pappas Patristic Institute at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology.