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Tag Archives: Christology
Against Asymmetrical Christology: A Critical Review of Rowan Williams’s ‘Christ the Heart of Creation’
by Jordan Daniel Wood, Ph.D. I When I first met him, he had just given a talk on St. Teresa of Avila, I think. I waver because I had brought along my 18-month old daughter and, well, she wasn’t as … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Theology
Tagged Chalcedon, Chalcedonian definition, Christology, God, incarnation, Jesus Christ, Rowan Williams, two natures
34 Comments
Thinking Trinity: The Radical Homoousion
When in A.D. 325 the bishops of the Council of Nicaea declared (1) that Jesus Christ is begotten “from the substance of the Father” and (2) that he is “of one substance” (homoousios) with the Father, they probably did not … Continue reading
Posted in Athanasius, Holy Trinity
Tagged Arius, Athanasius, Christology, God, Holy Trinity, homoousion, Jesus Christ, Nicaea
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Jesus of Nazareth—god or demigod?
The answer, of course, is neither. Jesus Christ is neither god nor demigod, neither superstar nor superhero. Jesus does not belong to a polytheistic pantheon. He is not one deity among many. He is not the Son of God in … Continue reading
St Cyril of Alexandria: The One Incarnate Nature of Christ
“We say that there is one Son, and that he has one nature even when he is considered as having assumed flesh endowed with a rational soul” (On the Unity of Christ, p. 77; my emphasis). We first note the … Continue reading
St Cyril of Alexandria: The Unicity of the Incarnate Word
Few theologians in the Christian tradition have asserted the unicity of the God-Man as strongly as St Cyril of Alexandria. God the Word has made humanity his own, he declares again and again, not by the assumption of an already existing … Continue reading
St Cyril of Alexandria: The Impassible Passibility of the Kenotic Word
“For Cyril,” writes Fr John McGuckin, “the notion of the Eternal One’s self-emptying (Kenosis) as outlined in Phil.2.6f. rises to the status of a master theme throughout his thought—to such an extent that the earthly economy of the Word made … Continue reading
Posted in Cyril of Alexandria
Tagged Christology, Cyril of Alexandria, divine impassibility, incarnation, Jesus Christ, kenosis, kenotic christology, Nestorius
St Cyril of Alexandria: Holy Scripture and the Grammar of the Son
I recently finished reading On the Unity of Christ by St Cyril of Alexandria. Somewhat surprisingly, I found it slow-going—not because of its philosophical difficulty but rather its exegetical density. Cyril is a biblical theologian, and he would counter the … Continue reading
