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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... reality of our faith continues . My teaching experience over the past twenty years , however , has convinced me that the triune God is the magnificent banquet on whom our minds and hearts were made to feast , and a little taste 11 ...
... reality of our faith continues . My teaching experience over the past twenty years , however , has convinced me that the triune God is the magnificent banquet on whom our minds and hearts were made to feast , and a little taste 11 ...
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... reality . Jesus himself is person by being also fully human , and the one he calls Abba , as well as the Spirit , are infinitely unique in the vast mystery of their own personhood . Thus , even the word " person " must immediately be ...
... reality . Jesus himself is person by being also fully human , and the one he calls Abba , as well as the Spirit , are infinitely unique in the vast mystery of their own personhood . Thus , even the word " person " must immediately be ...
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... reality of a God truly experienced by the early Christian communities— even if not yet able to be clearly articulated as such as inseparably one and the same God and yet supremely distinct in a threefold way . In the experience of these ...
... reality of a God truly experienced by the early Christian communities— even if not yet able to be clearly articulated as such as inseparably one and the same God and yet supremely distinct in a threefold way . In the experience of these ...
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... reality and richness of the one we love . Obviously , loving with this kind of gift - love is not possible to our efforts alone ; it requires a life - time of cooperation with God's grace healing and transforming our hearts . Yet this ...
... reality and richness of the one we love . Obviously , loving with this kind of gift - love is not possible to our efforts alone ; it requires a life - time of cooperation with God's grace healing and transforming our hearts . Yet this ...
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... reality we know , reality that is personal , reality that is You , not It , our human language offers us only the choice between male and female images , nouns , and pronouns . The images and words available to Jesus to address the God ...
... reality we know , reality that is personal , reality that is You , not It , our human language offers us only the choice between male and female images , nouns , and pronouns . The images and words available to Jesus to address the God ...
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.