Tag Archives: Jesus Christ

The Holy Freedom of Sir Gibbie and the Gnomic Will

Posted on 31 March 2020 by

In his book That All Shall Be Saved, David Hart adduces the important distinction between the natural will and the gnomic will: In the terms of the great Maximus the Confessor (c. 580-662), the “natural will” within us, which is … Continue reading →

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Doing Faithful Biblical Criticism

Posted on 4 March 2020 by

How do we learn who Jesus of Nazareth “really” was? The question assumes that there was in fact a historical person named Jesus. Jesus’ existence has been contested in the past; but I doubt there are many serious historians today … Continue reading →

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The One Incarnate Nature of Christ

Posted on 19 December 2019 by

“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 →

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The Impassible Passibility of the Kenotic Word

Posted on 17 December 2019 by

“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 →

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Holy Scripture and the Grammar of the Son

Posted on 16 December 2019 by

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 →

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The Three Sisters and Ezekelian Apokatastasis

Posted on 22 November 2019 by

Ezekiel 16:44-58 This passage in Ezekiel caught me by surprise, and the surprise intensified when I read Robert Jenson’s commentary. I was not expecting an eschatological turn. Suddenly we find ourselves at what might be called a last judgment. Behold, … Continue reading →

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The Irresistible Truth of Final Judgment

Posted on 18 September 2019 by

And he shall come again with glory to judge both the quick and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end. The Great Assize—I am brought into the courtroom of the Divine Judge. The prosecutor presents a movie of my … Continue reading →

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