In the Shadow of the Incarnation

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Description

The early centuries of the Christian church are widely regarded as the most decisive and influential for the formation of the church’s convictions about Jesus Christ. The essays in this volume offer readers a fresh orientation, and ground-breaking analyses, of the figure of Jesus in late antiquity. Written by historians and theologians who examine the thought of leading theologians, Latin and Greek, from the second through the seventh centuries, these essays honor and complement the scholarship of Brian E. Daley, Catherine F. Huisking Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame.

While most discussions still confine patristic Christology to its conciliar trajectory, this volume broadens our horizons. The essays gathered here explore aspects of early Christology that cannot be narrowly confined to the path marked by the ecumenical councils. The contributors locate Jesus within a rich matrix of relationships: they explore how early Christian theologians connected Jesus Christ to their other doctrinal concerns about God, the gift of salvation, and the eschaton, and they articulate how convictions about Jesus Christ informed numerous practices, including discipleship, martyrdom, scriptural interpretation, and even the practice of thinking well about Christ.

Contributors: Peter W. Martens, D. Jeffrey Bingham, Khaled Anatolios, Michael C. McCarthy, S.J., Carl L. Beckwith, Christopher A. Beeley, Kelley McCarthy Spoerl, Basil Studer, O.S.B., Rowan Douglas Williams, Lewis Ayres, David R. Maxwell, John J. O'Keefe, John A. McGuckin, and Andrew Louth.

Sujets

• Religion
• Christianisme
• Christian Theology
• Philosophie et théologie
• Universidad de Notre Dame
• Brian E. Daley
• University of Notre Dame
• Eschatology
• Christology
• Christianity
• Festschrift
• History
• Université Notre-Dame

Informations

• Publié par: University of Notre Dame Press
• Date de parution: 15 novembre 2008
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780268086732
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 4 Mo

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SHADOW In the OF THE INCARNATION

ESSAYS ON JESUS CHRIST IN THE EARLY CHURCH IN HONOR OF BRIAN E.DALEY , S.J.

EDITED BY PETER W. MARTENS

In the Shadow of the Incarnation

Brian E. Daley, S.J. Photo by Bachrach.

I n t h e S H A D O W t h e o f I N C A R N A T I O N

Essays on Jesus Christ in the Early Church in Honor of b r i a n e . d a l e y , s.j.

edited by P E T E R W . M A R T E N S

University of Notre Dame Press Notre Dame, Indiana

Copyright © 2008 by University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 www.undpress.nd.edu All Rights Reserved Manufactured in the United States of America

Library of Congress CataloginginPublication Data

In the shadow of the incarnation : essays on Jesus Christ in the early church in honor of Brian E. Daley, S.J. / edited by Peter W. Martens. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN13: 9780268035112 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN10: 0268035113 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Jesus Christ—History of doctrines—Early church, ca. 30–600. I. Daley, Brian, 1940– II. Martens, Peter William. BT198.I58 2008 232—dc22 2008027217

∞The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources.

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Introduction Peter W. Martens

C o n t e n t s

The Apocalypse, Christ, and the Martyrs of Gaul D. Jeffrey Bingham

Athanasius’s Christology Today: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Christ inOn the Incarnation Khaled Anatolios

Expectatio Beatitudinis:The Eschatological Frame of Hilary of Poitiers’Tractatus Super Psalmos Michael C. McCarthy, S.J.

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Suffering without Pain: The Scandal of Hilary of Poitiers’ Christology Carl L. Beckwith

Gregory of Nazianzus on the Unity of Christ Christopher A. Beeley

Two Early Nicenes: Eustathius of Antioch and Marcellus of Ancyra Kelley McCarthy Spoerl

Loving Christ according to Origen and Augustine Basil Studer, O.S.B.

Augustine’s Christology: Its Spirituality and Rhetoric Rowan Douglas Williams

Christology as Contemplative Practice: Understanding the Union of Natures in Augustine’sLetter137 Lewis Ayres

10 Was “Wrong” with Augustine? The SixthCentury What Reception(orLackThereof)ofAugustine’sChristology David R. Maxwell

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The Persistence of Decay: Bodily Disintegration and Cyrillian Christology John J. O’Keefe

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12  Mystery or Conundrum? The Apprehension of Christ in the Chalcedonian Definition John A. McGuckin

13 Doctrine of Christ to Icon of Christ: St. Maximus From the Confessor on the Transfiguration of Christ Andrew Louth

The Works of Brian E. Daley, S.J.

Contributors

General Index

Scripture Index

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Abbreviations

Gregory of Nyssa,Antirrheticus adversus Apollinarium

Athanasius,Orationes tres adversus Arianos

Augustine,Contra sermonem Arianorum

Bibliothèque augustinienne,Oeuvres de Saint Augustin,Paris: Desclée de Brouwer, 1949–

Augustine,Contra Julianum opus imperfectum

Gregory of Nazianzus,Carmen

Corpus Christianorum: Series graeca. Turnhout, 1977–

Corpus Christianorum: Series latina. Turnhout, 1953–

Origen,Contra Celsum

Augustine,De civitate Dei

Origen,Commentarius in Canticum

Origen,Commentarii in evangelium Joannis

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