The Trinity : an introduction to Catholic doctrine on the Triune God / Gilles Emery ; translated by Matthew Levering.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Emery, Gilles.

Series:

Thomistic ressourcement series ; v. 1.

Thomistic ressourcement series ; v. 1

Standardized Title:

Trinité. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Trinity.

Catholic Church--Doctrines.

Catholic Church.

Trinity--History of doctrines.

Physical Description:

xvi, 219 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, [2011]

Summary:

Representing the highest quality of scholarship, Gilles Emery offers a much-anticipated introduction to Catholic doctrine on the Trinity. His extensive research combined with lucid prose, provides readers with a resource to better understand the foundations of Trinitarian reflection.

The path proposed by this introductory work comprises six steps. First the book indicates some liturgical and biblical ways for entering into Trinitarian faith. It then presents the revelation of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in the New Testament, by inviting the reader to reflect upon the signification of the word "God." Next it explores the confessions of Trinitarian faith, from the New Testament to the Creed of Constantinople, on which it offers a commentary. By emphasizing the Christian culture inherited from the fourth-century Fathers of the Church, the book presents the fundamental principles of Trinitarian doctrine, which find their summit in the Christian notion of "person."

On these foundations, the heart of the book is a synthetic exposition of the persons of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit in their divine being and mutual relations, and in their action for us. Finally, the last step takes up again the study of the creative and saving action of the Trinity: the book concludes with a doctrinal exposition of the "missions" of the Son and Holy Spirit, that is, the salvific sending of the Son and Holy Spirit that leads humankind to the contemplation of the Father. Book jacket.

Contents:

Entering into Trinitarian faith

The revelation of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit

The confessions of Trinitarian faith

Three "persons" or "hypostases"

Doctrinal synthesis on the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit

Returning to the creative and saving action of the Trinity

By way of conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Translated from French.

ISBN:

0813218640

9780813218649

OCLC:

695390184

Publisher Number:

99945666394