A Consideration of John Owen’s Teaching on the Heavenly Session of Christ
Owen’s writings on this subject helps us to see in a profound way that every aspect of Christ’s work is based upon an act of divine love and good pleasure in which Christ has come to us in order to restore us to fellowship with God. The Divine counsel stands at the basis of Owen understanding of Chr...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Sciendo, De Gruyter
2019
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Perichoresis
Year: 2019, Volume: 17, Issue: S1, Pages: 3-20 |
IxTheo Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KDG Free church NBC Doctrine of God NBF Christology NBM Doctrine of Justification |
Further subjects: | B
Christology
Reformed tradition
office
mediatorial
High Priest
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Summary: | Owen’s writings on this subject helps us to see in a profound way that every aspect of Christ’s work is based upon an act of divine love and good pleasure in which Christ has come to us in order to restore us to fellowship with God. The Divine counsel stands at the basis of Owen understanding of Christ mediatorial work. In all their aspects, Owen’s Christological reflections represent a restatement of orthodox Christology which stands in fundamental continuity with the Reformed tradition, particularly in its use of the threefold office of Christ. What emerges in Owen regarding Christ as Mediator is positively shaped by the intratrinitarian relations defined by the covenant of redemption and the three-fold office of Christ as prophet, priest, and king which preserve both, the historical and the eternal dimensions. There is nothing more demanded from the church of the present day than the revival of the idea the we live in him who is our High Priest in heaven. |
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ISSN: | 2284-7308 |
Contains: | In: Perichoresis
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2478/perc-2019-0001 |