Calvin, classical Trinitarianism, and the aseity of the son / Brannon Ellis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ellis, Brannon.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian sociology--Reformed Church.

Christian sociology.

Reformed Church--Doctrines.

Reformed Church.

Public theology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (259 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Brannon Ellis investigates the various Reformation and post-Reformation responses to Calvin's affirmation of the Son's aseity (or essential self-existence), a significant episode in the history of theology that is often ignored or misunderstood.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Calvin on the Aseity of the Son: The 1559 Institutes as Entry-Point; 2. The Autothean Controversies: Calvin's Complex Solidarity with Classical Trinitarianism; 3. The Theological Shape of the Autothean Debates: Eternal Generation's Role in Classical Trinitarianism; 4. Identity, Distinction, or Tension in Trinitarian Language?: 'Loose' Approaches to the Son's Aseity; 5. Tension in Distinction: Classical and Mainstream Reformed Approaches to the Son's Aseity

6. The Irreducible Triunity of God: The Reformed Minority Report's Strict Distinction of the Two Ways of Speaking7. Of Himself, God Gives Himself; Bibliography; Scripture Index; Subject and Author Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on July 16, 2012).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-283-65690-6

0-19-161187-5

OCLC:

922971361