The Bee and Its Honey
This paper discusses the book of Richard Cross, Communicatio idiomatum: Reformation Christological Debates (Oxford University Press 2019). It basically agrees with Cross's view that Martin Luther develops a new variant of the medieval theory of suppositional union in his Christology. The paper...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publishing
2023
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Pro ecclesia
Year: 2023, Volume: 32, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 85-92 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Luther, Martin 1483-1546
/ Jesus Christus
/ Divinity
/ Human being
/ Communication of idioms
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance KBB German language area NBF Christology |
| Further subjects: | B
communicatio idiomatum
B Book review B theological semantics B Christology B Lutheranism B suppositional union B Reformation |
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| Summary: | This paper discusses the book of Richard Cross, Communicatio idiomatum: Reformation Christological Debates (Oxford University Press 2019). It basically agrees with Cross's view that Martin Luther develops a new variant of the medieval theory of suppositional union in his Christology. The paper argues that the view put forward by Cross has consequences for the soteriological role of human body. While “Christ present in faith” is a corporeal and supernatural gift, it may not be an instance of deification in the sense that human beings could sustain divine properties. Another issue concerns the sense in which Christ can be called a human “person” in Cross's view. As Christ carries a specific instance of human nature which in turn carries a particular instance of corporeality, one could claim that Christ as human being has a particular personalitas. This view resembles the trajectory of “patristic philosophy,” as recently argued by Johannes Zachhuber. |
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| ISSN: | 2631-8334 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Pro ecclesia
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/10638512231205227 |