Sharing in nature or encountering a person: A tale of two different supralapsarian strategies
Supralapsarian christologies all hold that the incarnation is not contingent upon sin but may differ on the nature of the gift given to us in the incarnation. In this essay I conceptualize and evaluate a crucial difference between two supralapsarian strategies. One strategy, exemplified by Kathryn T...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2022
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Scottish journal of theology
Year: 2022, Volume: 75, Issue: 3, Pages: 193-206 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Williams, S. Wells 1812-1884
/ Tanner, Kathryn 1957-
/ Christology
/ Supralapsarismus
/ Eschatology
/ Incarnation
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IxTheo Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history NBF Christology NBQ Eschatology |
Further subjects: | B
Incarnation
B Kathryn Tanner B Christology B Samuel Wells B supralapsarianism B Eschatology |
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Summary: | Supralapsarian christologies all hold that the incarnation is not contingent upon sin but may differ on the nature of the gift given to us in the incarnation. In this essay I conceptualize and evaluate a crucial difference between two supralapsarian strategies. One strategy, exemplified by Kathryn Tanner, focuses on the natures of the incarnate One: it argues that in the incarnation the Word takes on a human nature which, being transformed in the act of assumption, becomes the conduit of grace for those who share in the same humanity. The other, represented by Samuel Wells, thinks of the incarnation as a gift of a transforming presence of the incarnate person. In taking on human form, the person of the divine Word comes as close to us as God can - the invisible God now can be seen, touched, heard - and draws us into a community of friendship and love. |
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ISSN: | 1475-3065 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Scottish journal of theology
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0036930622000308 |