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The Mystery of the Trinity: Trinitarian Experience and Vision in the Biblical and Patristic Tradition
| by Boris Bobrinskoy Translated by Anthony P. Gythiel
“This essay on trinitarian theology is the fruit of more than thirty years of teaching at the St Sergius Institute of Orthodox Theology, in Paris. Here I may acknowledge that, perhaps mysteriously, it is this domain of dogmatic theology which has been the closest to my heart, and which, in a general way, has inspired all of my teaching of theology, and my entire pastoral ministry. [...]The biblical part occupies a truly prominent position, and I am happy with this, because it contradicts a certain perspective of Orthodox theology as being allergic to exegesis and biblical theology. This work would like to be a testimony to the joy I have experienced constantly in discovering the continuity and unity of the trinitarian faith of the Orthodox Church, yesterday and today. On the basis of biblical texts, this unity, through ecclesial worship, emerges from the works of the Doctors of the Church, and culminates in modern Orthodox theological thought.” —“Foreword”
CONTENTS
Foreword Introduction 1. God is Trinity 2. Trinitarian Theology, Trinitarian Economy 3. Revelation and Knowledge of the Trinitarian Mystery 4. Theological Instruction 1 Biblical Theology A) The Trinitarian Figures and Intimations of the Old Covenant 1. Biblical Monotheism 2. The Angel of Yahweh in the Old Testament 3. The Word of God and the Spirit of God in the Old Testament Word and Spirit in the Order of Creation Word and Spirit in Israel 4. The Wisdom of God in the Old Testament The Origins of the Theme of Wisdom The Book of Proverbs Ecclesiasticus The Book of the Wisdom of Solomon Wisdom in the New Testament and in the Christian Tradition 5. The Mystery of God and the Knowledge of God in the Old Testament 6. The Divine Energies: Modes of Revelation, of Presence, of Sanctification The Human Being in the Image of God’s Attributes Attributes and Energies 7. Conclusion B) The Revelation of the Trinity in the New Testament 1. Introduction The Mystery of Christ The Scheme Father-Spirit-Christ Christ Giver of the Spirit Divine Energies and Divine Names Energies and Participation in the Divine Life 2. The Revelation of the Trinity in the Gospels Introduction The Simultaneous and Reciprocal Revelation of the Father and the Son Modalities of the Revelation of the Holy Spirit The Holy Spirit on Jesus Christ Baptism and the Public Ministry of Jesus The Prayer of Jesus From Tabor to Golgotha and the Resurrection Theological Reflection The Gift of the Spirit General Conclusions on the Gospels: the Holy Spirit, Pentecost of the Church 3. The Experience of the Trinitarian Life in the Church of the Apostolic Communities Introduction The Preaching of St Peter at Pentecost Experience and Certainty of the Holy Spirit Blessed Be the God and Father of Our Lord Jesus Christ The Trinitarian Doctrine of the Pauline Epistles The Headwords and Greetings of the Epistles Preliminary Thanksgivings So That Christ May Live in Our Hearts Through Faith God Has Raised Him From the Dead He Is the Image of the Invisible God The Spirit of the Son Cries in Our Hearts: Abba, Father! The Lord Is Spirit The Personal Relationship of Christ to the Holy Spirit The Holy Spirit in the Early Community Life According to the Spirit Communion in the Spirit The Gifts of the Spirit Texts and Trinitarian Formulas in the New Testament Appendix. The Icon of the Trinity The Hospitality of Abraham Christological and Trinitarian Vision Rublev’s Trinity The Actuality of the Icon 2 Liturgical and Sacramental Theology 1. Theology and Liturgy 2. Worship and Sacraments The Christology of Ecclesial Worship Liturgical Hymnography The Liturgical Cycles The Sacraments 3. Worship and Trinity The Trinitarian Context of Worship St Gregory of Nazianzus, Minstrel of the Trinity The Development of a Trinitarian Piety The Christological Dimension of Worship The Pneumatological Dimension of Worship The Father 4. Baptism and Trinity General Observations Faith in the Holy Trinity and the Baptismal Rite 5. Eucharist and Trinity Preliminary Observations: Eucharistic Ecclesiology The Eucharist and Trinitarian Worship The Eschatological Perspective of the Eucharist The Ecclesial Permanence of Pentecost The Kingdom of the Father Come, Lord Jesus The Celebration of the Word The Trinitarian Locus of the Name of Jesus Word and Eucharist The Prayer of Christ and of the Holy Spirit The Trinitarian Structure of the Eucharistic Prayer Eucharistic Communion and Trinitarian Communion Conclusion 3 Trinitarian Theology in the Fathers and in the Councils 1. Introduction 2. The Ante-Nicene Period Generalities The Theology of the Logos in the Apologists The Trinitarian Vision of St of Lyons Origen’s Doctrine and Trinitarian Mysticism The Origenist Ambiguities The Knowledge of the Father Through the Word Monarchianism and Modalism 3. The Trinitarian Conflicts of the Fourth Century Arianism The Council of Nicaea and the Homoousios Saint Athanasius of Alexandria The Arian Controversy Between the Councils of Nicaea and Constantinople St Hilary of Poitiers The Trinitarian Theology of St Basil the Great The Holy Spirit in St Basil Conclusion: the Consequences of the Theological Elaboration of St Basil St Gregory the Theologian, Minstrel of the Trinity An Assessment of the Trinitarian Work of the Cappadocians The Council of Constantinople (381) St John Chrysostom St Cyril of Alexandria Christological Conflicts and Trinity 4 Doctrinal Synthesis 1. The Hypostatic Properties of the Divine Persons Generalities The Father The Son The Holy Spirit 2. The Filioque Controversy History of the Question The Procession of the Spirit in the Fathers The Latins and the Alexandrians St Maximus the Confessor St John of Damascus Patriarch Photius (820-891) St Gregory of Cyprus (1241-1290) St Gregory Palamas (1296-1359) St Mark of Ephesus (1392-1444) The Filioque and Modern Orthodox Theology 3. Doctrinal Synthesis: the Procession of the Holy Spirit in the Orthodox Tradition From the Father Alone A Language Appropriate to the Spirit The Spirit, Eternal Radiance of the Father and the Son Christology and the Procession of the Holy Spirit in the West and in the East The Positive Aspects and the Inadequacies of Filioquism Omissions and Inadequacies of Filioquism 4. The Mystery of the Trinity and Negative and Positive Theologies The Trinitarian Thought-Process of Theology A Biblical Reminder In the Fathers The Asset of the Patristic Tradition Some Personal Reflections by Way of Conclusion Select Bibliography Index
Item Number: BKV333 Publication Data: Crestwood, NY: St Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1999 Format: softcover Number of Pages: x + 330 Dimensions (l × w × h): 22.8 cm × 15.0 cm × 2.5 cm ISBN: 0‒88141‒182‒5
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