The Trinity as our Ecclesial Program? Assessing Miroslav Volf’s Trinitarian Theology of the Church

This article argues that while there are missteps in Mirolsav Volf’s proposal of a trinitarian theology of the church, his impulse to coordinate these doctrines is to be commended and built upon. Specifically it argues that Volf falters by moving from intra-trinitarian relations to an ethical-struct...

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Main Author: Fields, C. Ryan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2020]
In: International journal of systematic theology
Year: 2020, Volume: 22, Issue: 3, Pages: 361-382
IxTheo Classification:KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
NBC Doctrine of God
NBN Ecclesiology
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Summary:This article argues that while there are missteps in Mirolsav Volf’s proposal of a trinitarian theology of the church, his impulse to coordinate these doctrines is to be commended and built upon. Specifically it argues that Volf falters by moving from intra-trinitarian relations to an ethical-structural orientation for the church too quickly, but that alternative models of coordination can succeed to the extent that they follow a proper progression of dogmatic grounding from God’s triune processions through the triune missions to a constitution of the church’s being, then to an orientation of the church’s mission and, finally, to a determination of the church’s organization and ethics.
ISSN:1468-2400
Contains:Enthalten in: International journal of systematic theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/ijst.12406