Christology and metaphysics in the seventeenth century /
"This book explores the largely uncharted territory of seventeenth-century Christology, paying close attention to its metaphysical and semantic presuppositions and consequences. The book achieves this by a distinction between two fundamental approaches to Christology. One, associated with Aquin...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2022.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Changing paradigms in historical and systematic theology.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "This book explores the largely uncharted territory of seventeenth-century Christology, paying close attention to its metaphysical and semantic presuppositions and consequences. The book achieves this by a distinction between two fundamental approaches to Christology. One, associated with Aquinas, maintains that the union between the divine person and human nature is immediate. Once joined, the two items cling together simply in virtue of their extrinsic structures, so to speak. The other, associated with Duns Scotus, maintains that the union of these two items requires some additional relational tie, over and above the divine person and the human nature. The book shows that theologians of all stripes develop and expand these two theories during the seventeenth century. Italian and French Dominicans follows Aquinas closely, read through the lens of Cardinal Cajetan. But Iberian Dominicans incorporate Suárez's theory of modes into their account, and Suárez is in turn followed by his fellow Jesuits. Lutherans use a theory that ultimately derives from Cajetan's to fill explanatory gaps in their own accounts; and Reformed theologians by and large adapt the position associated with Duns Scotus"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0191946842 9780191946844 9780192669957 0192669958 9780192669940 019266994X |