Filioque, Theosis, and Ecclesia: Augustine in Dialogue with Modern Orthodox Theology
By bringing recent developments in Augustine scholarship into conversation with modern Orthodox criticisms of Augustine, this article challenges the polemical Orthodox claim that Augustinian pneumatology logically undermines the doctrine of theosis. Indeed, in Augustine's own case, I argue that...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2018]
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Modern theology
Year: 2018, Volume: 34, Issue: 1, Pages: 70-81 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Augustinus, Aurelius, Saint 354-430
/ Reception
/ Orthodox theology
/ Pneumatology
/ Procession of Holy Spirit
/ Deification
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KDF Orthodox Church NBC Doctrine of God NBG Pneumatology; Holy Spirit |
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| Summary: | By bringing recent developments in Augustine scholarship into conversation with modern Orthodox criticisms of Augustine, this article challenges the polemical Orthodox claim that Augustinian pneumatology logically undermines the doctrine of theosis. Indeed, in Augustine's own case, I argue that just the opposite is true: Augustine's "filioquist" pneumatology is precisely what leads him, ahead of his contemporaries, to advance a robustly ecclesial and trinitarian account of deification. Augustine should therefore be seen not as an opponent but as a crucial conversation partner for Orthodox theology, addressing in advance many of the ecclesiological and trinitarian questions with which the latter has engaged in recent centuries. |
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| ISSN: | 1468-0025 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Modern theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/moth.12369 |