Incarnation, Holy Spirit and beatic vision: Dominic Legge and Bernard Lonergan
In a recent work, Dominic Legge OP has proposed a form of "Spirit Christology" drawn from the work of Thomas Aquinas. He seeks to develop a truly Trinitarian account of the Incarnation, including a role for the Holy Spirit in Jesus' experience of the beatific vision. This is built on...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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| In: |
Gregorianum
Year: 2024, Volume: 105, Issue: 3, Pages: 533-554 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KDB Roman Catholic Church NBC Doctrine of God NBF Christology NBG Pneumatology; Holy Spirit |
| Further subjects: | B
Bernard Lonergan
B Dominic Legge B Trinity B Beatific Vision B Incarnation Holy Spirit B light of glory |
| Summary: | In a recent work, Dominic Legge OP has proposed a form of "Spirit Christology" drawn from the work of Thomas Aquinas. He seeks to develop a truly Trinitarian account of the Incarnation, including a role for the Holy Spirit in Jesus' experience of the beatific vision. This is built on the insight of Aquinas that the divine missions of the Son and the Spirit are constituted by the inner Trinitarian processions together with a created external term. While the term itself is the work of the whole Trinity and efficient causality, nonetheless the term imitates the term of the procession (exemplary causality) so that we can truly say Jesus is the incarnation of the Son, and sanctifying grace is the indwelling of the Spirit. A similar proposal can be found in various works of Bernard Lonergan JS. Where they clearly differ is in relation to Jesus's experience of the beatific vision. Where Legge suggests a role for the Spirit, Lonergan proposes a role for the Father. This article compares the two approaches, suggesting that the approach of Lonergan offers a more satisfying response to the question posed by Legge. |
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| ISSN: | 0017-4114 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Gregorianum
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