The "capax" in a new key: Kierkegaard's development of classical Lutheran Christology

This article examines Kierkegaard's relationship with classical Lutheran Christology. It does so in terms of the claim that the finite has the capacity for the infinite ( finitum capax infiniti—henceforth capax), a classical Lutheran claim according to which Christ's finite humanity comple...

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Main Author: Boehmer, David (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: [2017]
In: Toronto journal of theology
Year: 2017, Volume: 33, Issue: 1, Pages: 31-41
IxTheo Classification:KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KDD Protestant Church
NBF Christology
VA Philosophy

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