Recent Dutch Pneuma-Christologies and Nicene Christology
A Pneuma-Christology is well able to give attention to the embodied nature of spirituality, both in Jesus and in the believers who share in him. But how do Pneuma-Christologies relate to the Logos-Christology of Nicaea? Nicaea affirms the divinity of the Son, because only a divine Son can save creat...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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International journal of philosophy and theology
Year: 2025, Volume: 86, Issue: 2/4, Pages: 128-147 |
| Further subjects: | B
Systematic Theology
B Pneuma-Christology B Council of Nicaea B Jesus Christ |
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| Summary: | A Pneuma-Christology is well able to give attention to the embodied nature of spirituality, both in Jesus and in the believers who share in him. But how do Pneuma-Christologies relate to the Logos-Christology of Nicaea? Nicaea affirms the divinity of the Son, because only a divine Son can save creatures. According to Nicaea and the later tradition (exemplified in this article by the pneumatology of John Owen), the divine nature of Christ is eternal and immutable. This article makes a comparison between Nicaea and two Dutch, Reformed proposals of Pneuma-Christologies inspired by Charismatic renewal, one by Jan Veenhof and the other by Cornelis van der Kooi. In Veenhof’s proposal, a Logos-Christology perspective on Christ is an alternative to a Pneuma-Christology. Van der Kooi presents a more thorough revision, but has become cautious in formulating the ontological implications of his Christology for the immanent Trinity. Both Veenhof and Van der Kooi affirm the basic decision of Nicaea, but criticize divine immutability. Neither reflects explicitly on Jesus as a divine-human actor and his saving activity. The Christologies of Frank Macchia and Bruce McCormack are used to formulate an alternative proposal, affirming the saving activity of Son and Spirit. |
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| ISSN: | 2169-2335 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: International journal of philosophy and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/21692327.2025.2579233 |
