THE CHRISTOLOGY OF "DE INCARNATIONIS DOMINICAE SACRAMENTO" OF ST. AMBROSE: An Analysis in the Context of the Early Patristic Christological and Trinitarian Theology
This study of the De incarnationis dominicae sacramento shows Ambrose of Milan as a man who applied himself most zealously to studying the faith and had a clear understanding of the theological traditions of both East and West. He also recognized the inherent problems of the heresies of his day and...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2019]
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Miscellanea francescana
Year: 2019, Volume: 119, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 407-438 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity NBF Christology NBP Sacramentology; sacraments |
| Further subjects: | B
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B Incarnation B Cristologia B Trinity B Natura B Persona B divinità B arianesimo B Ambrose of Milan B apollinarismo B Jesus Christ B Feminist Theology B Divinity B incarnazione B Apollinarianism B umanità B Arianism B Christology B Gods B Human Behavior B Ambrogio di Milano B Humanity B Trinità |
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| Summary: | This study of the De incarnationis dominicae sacramento shows Ambrose of Milan as a man who applied himself most zealously to studying the faith and had a clear understanding of the theological traditions of both East and West. He also recognized the inherent problems of the heresies of his day and opposed all errors to the Apostolic faith vigorously. He took up the fight to defend the full divinity of Jesus Christ as being equal to the Father, while at the same time not being satisfied to maintain only that He assumed true flesh but further developed this understanding in order to explain that He took on a complete and perfect human nature that included a rational soul. Ambrose argued for a full divinity and a full humanity, both remaining perfect and unchanged in themselves, united in the one divine Son of God. Despite this great insight into the mystery of the Incarnation, however, he was not completely successful in maintaining the duality while expressing the unity. Perhaps his pastoral concerns did not afford him the time to enter into speculation beyond that which directly addressed the problems at hand, but he offers no real insight into how the natures interacted with one another in consequence of their union in Christ. The only such venture being made with regards to the knowledge of Christ, leaves us with the impression that Ambrose's own principle of the duality of natures was put at risk. In the end we understand that Ambrose can take us no further than the declaration that the two perfect natures of divinity and humanity are united in the one and the same Jesus Christ, who is the divine Son of God. This should not discount the fact that this is a great feat in and of itself and we acknowledge that Ambrose made a great contribution to the theological development of the Incarnation, offering insights that allowed the theologians and Councils that followed to appeal to him as a great teacher of orthodoxy. (English) |
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| ISSN: | 0026-587X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Miscellanea francescana
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