Grace and Christology in the Early Church

By:

Donald Fairbairn

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Series:

Oxford Early Christian Studies

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Was there a genuine theological consensus about Christ in the early Church? Donald Fairbairn's persuasive study uses the concept of grace to clarify this question. There were two sharply divergent understandings of grace and christology. One understanding, characteristic of Theodore and Nestorius, saw grace as God's gift of co-operation to Christians and Christ as the uniquely graced man. The other understanding, characteristic of Cyril of Alexandria and John Cassian, saw grace as God the Word's personal descent to the human sphere so as to give himself to humanity. Dealing with, among others, John Chrysostom, John of Antioch, and Leo the Great, Fairbairn suggests that these two understandings were by no means equally represented in the fifth century: Cyril's view was in fact the consensus of the early Church.

Author Biography:

Donald Fairbairn is Associate Professor of Historical Theology and Missions at Erskine Theological Seminary, South Carolina

Release date NZ

March 6th, 2003

Author

Donald Fairbairn

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational

Pages

276

Series

Oxford Early Christian Studies

Dimensions

150x220x30

ISBN-13

9780199256143

Product ID

1860070

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