Grace and Christology in the Early Church (Oxford Early Christian Studies)

Description: Was there a genuine theological consensus about Christ in the early Church? Donald Fairbairn's persuasive study uses the concept of grace to clarify this question. There were two sharply divergent understandings of grace and christology. One understanding, characteristic of Theodore and Nestorius, saw grace as God's gift of co-operation to Christians and Christ as the uniquely graced man. The other understanding, characteristic of Cyril of Alexandria and John Cassian, saw grace as God the Word's personal descent to the human sphere so as to give himself to humanity. Dealing with, among others, John Chrysostom, John of Antioch, and Leo the Great, Fairbairn suggests that these two understandings were by no means equally represented in the fifth century: Cyril's view was in fact the consensus of the early Church.

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EAN: 9780199297108

UPC: 9780199297108

ISBN: 9780199297108

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Brand: Oxford University Press

Book Title: Grace and Christology in the Early Church

Item Height: 215mm

Item Width: 138mm

Author: Donald Fairbairn

Format: Paperback

Language: English

Topic: Theology, Music, Religious History, Christianity

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Publication Year: 2006

Item Weight: 365g

Number of Pages: 288 Pages