Beyond Cyril? Martin Luther's quest for christological agency
This article examines a long-standing association of Martin Luther's christology with that of Cyril of Alexandria. However, for all its heuristic promise, the designation ‘Cyrillian’, must in Luther's case be understood either as an overly generalised statement of a well-established gramma...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2023
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Scottish journal of theology
Year: 2023, Volume: 76, Issue: 3, Pages: 214-229 |
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Cyrillus, Alexandrinus 380-444
/ Luther, Martin 1483-1546
/ Christology
/ Nestorianism
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance NBF Christology |
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communicatio idiomatum
B Christology B Martin Luther B Cyril of Alexandria B incarnational metaphysics |
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| Summary: | This article examines a long-standing association of Martin Luther's christology with that of Cyril of Alexandria. However, for all its heuristic promise, the designation ‘Cyrillian’, must in Luther's case be understood either as an overly generalised statement of a well-established grammar of christology - in which case it simply is Luther's foundation and, as such, explains nothing specific about Luther's christology and, moreover, fails to do justice to the reformer's crucial argumentative moves. Alternatively, when taken for a set of material similarities, the designation is simply inaccurate, for Luther is decidedly not a Cyrillian, despite some fundamental convergences with the thought of the Alexandrian patriarch. Luther's context, as we demonstrate, leads him not only to go beyond Cyril, but also to argue in a manner contrary to Cyril, in order to secure what for both theologians is a realist eucharistic backdrop of their commitment to the Word's incarnation. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-3065 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Scottish journal of theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0036930623000339 |