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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... mother to them , a God whose love overturned all human patterns of domination and manipulation . Here in this community of the risen Lord they finally belonged as equals , bound together in relationships of mutuality and reciprocity ...
... mother to them , a God whose love overturned all human patterns of domination and manipulation . Here in this community of the risen Lord they finally belonged as equals , bound together in relationships of mutuality and reciprocity ...
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... we literally cannot live . Our aimless grasp for anything is in reality a grasp for someone . A mother bends over the crib and smiles at her The Triune God 23 The Triune God and Our Human Meaning as Thirst for Gift-Love.
... we literally cannot live . Our aimless grasp for anything is in reality a grasp for someone . A mother bends over the crib and smiles at her The Triune God 23 The Triune God and Our Human Meaning as Thirst for Gift-Love.
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Mary Ann Fatula. A mother bends over the crib and smiles at her child ... and one day , her child smiles back at her . A father gently fingers his baby's unbelievably tiny hand ... and one day his baby curls these tiny fingers around ...
Mary Ann Fatula. A mother bends over the crib and smiles at her child ... and one day , her child smiles back at her . A father gently fingers his baby's unbelievably tiny hand ... and one day his baby curls these tiny fingers around ...
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... mother ( Is 49 : 14-15 ) or a tender father ( Ps 103 : 13 ; Hos 11 : 1-4 ) , biblical scholars also point out that ... mother's breast or lie safe and secure in their father's arms . Jesus invites his followers into such unreserved union ...
... mother ( Is 49 : 14-15 ) or a tender father ( Ps 103 : 13 ; Hos 11 : 1-4 ) , biblical scholars also point out that ... mother's breast or lie safe and secure in their father's arms . Jesus invites his followers into such unreserved union ...
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... mother goddess . While seeming to exalt woman to the status of the divine , such religions in fact reduced her value to the fertility of her body . The God of Jesus , in contrast , calls us to a conversion from relating in prideful and ...
... mother goddess . While seeming to exalt woman to the status of the divine , such religions in fact reduced her value to the fertility of her body . The God of Jesus , in contrast , calls us to a conversion from relating in prideful and ...
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.