The Triune God of Christian FaithLiturgical Press, 1990 - 132 pages Although the triune God is the heart of our faith, not much scholarship exists in recent years regarding it. The very depth of the mystery itself inclines us to silence. Also, feminist critiques of male symbols and language about the Trinity make it easier to say nothing. This small volume takes a first step toward answering the need for contemporary scholarship on the Trinity. It "opens readers to the meaning of the triune God for our concrete human lives, and in giving a taste of the vast riches of this God, to make the reader hunger for more." |
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... fact believe in three gods— but rather , modalism , having little or no sense of the personal distinction in God . Many of us think of God as one infinite " person " or force whom we simply address with three different names . For us ...
... fact believe in three gods— but rather , modalism , having little or no sense of the personal distinction in God . Many of us think of God as one infinite " person " or force whom we simply address with three different names . For us ...
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Mary Ann Fatula. names . For us , in fact , there is often no real distinction between the one we name Father , and Jesus or the Holy Spirit . While guarding the infinite unity of the one God , my own approach , therefore , attempts to ...
Mary Ann Fatula. names . For us , in fact , there is often no real distinction between the one we name Father , and Jesus or the Holy Spirit . While guarding the infinite unity of the one God , my own approach , therefore , attempts to ...
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... fact of our human identity in a light that is radiantly illuminated by Jesus ' paschal mystery and by the triune God of love revealed in this event . We cannot live without love because we come from the hands of a God whose own personal ...
... fact of our human identity in a light that is radiantly illuminated by Jesus ' paschal mystery and by the triune God of love revealed in this event . We cannot live without love because we come from the hands of a God whose own personal ...
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... fact enfolds and permeates every inch of our being and every second of our existence . Yet we need consciously to claim this love for our- selves and to open ourselves actually to experience its power to transform our own lives . It is ...
... fact enfolds and permeates every inch of our being and every second of our existence . Yet we need consciously to claim this love for our- selves and to open ourselves actually to experience its power to transform our own lives . It is ...
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... fact , show Jesus relating to women in a way radically different from what we would have expected of him in the context of his own culture . Jesus shocks the apostles by engaging in public conversation with a woman , even a 28 The ...
... fact , show Jesus relating to women in a way radically different from what we would have expected of him in the context of his own culture . Jesus shocks the apostles by engaging in public conversation with a woman , even a 28 The ...
Contents
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The Paschal Event of Jesus and the Triune | 33 |
Patristic Reflection | 62 |
E Contemporary Christological | 72 |
Knowing the Triune | 82 |
The Triune God Transforming | 106 |
E A Trinitarian Vision and Power to Transform | 113 |
Select Bibliography | 119 |
Endnotes | 125 |
Common terms and phrases
Abba absolutely apostles Aquinas Arius articulate ascension baptism beauty become body Catherine of Siena chapter Christ Christian faith christology church communion confess consciousness contemporary created death depths distinct divine person early Christians enter entire eternally eucharist existence experienced Father finally flesh gift give healing heart Holy Spirit homoousios human experience human persons images infinite gift-love infinite love inmost inner insight intimate Jewish Jews Julian of Norwich Karl Rahner lavish lives meaning meant mutual mystery of Jesus ourselves paradox paschal event paschal mystery Paulist pentecost present proclamation radical reality reflect reign relate relationship resurrection of Jesus rience risen Lord self-giving simply speak Spirit of love Summa Theologiae symbol theologians theology thirst Trans transcendent transform tri-personal trinitarian faith Trinity tritheism triune God triune God's love truly truth unconditional unique identity unreserved unveiled Walter Kasper Word Yahweh York
Popular passages
Page 48 - I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Page 92 - Through him we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in our hope of sharing the glory of God. More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit which has been given to us.
Page 113 - I have given them, so that they may be one, as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may become completely one, so that the world may know that you have sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.
Page 47 - Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this which you see and hear.
Page 50 - And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God with boldness.
Page 61 - We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father.
Page 92 - And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy...
Page 90 - For in him all the fulness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross (Col.