Scripture in Doctrinal Dispute : Doctrine and Scripture in Early Christianity, Vol. 2.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Young, Frances M.

Contributor:

Ford, David F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theology--History.

Theology.

Church history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (346 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2024.

Summary:

How did Scripture function in early arguments about doctrine? Historical criticism has revealed a gap between scripture and the mainstream doctrines that define Christianity today. Not the least of these are the Trinity and two natures of Christ-widely accepted since the fifth century, but seemingly unfounded in historical readings of Scripture. How did these dogmas become so integral to the faith in the first place? Frances M. Young tackles this monumental question in a culmination of decades of biblical and patristic research. The second of two volumes, Scripture in Doctrinal Dispute illuminates the role of biblical hermeneutics in the debates that forged Christian dogma on the nature of God. Young shows how the theological commitments to God as the sole creator of all else from nothing shaped fourth- and fifth-century disputes over Christology and the Trinity. Played out in the great councils of the fourth century and beyond, these conflicts drove the need to discern doctrinal coherence in scripture. The different sides relied on different prooftexts, and the rule of faith served as the criterion by which scriptural interpretation was measured-thereby forming the basis of the creeds. Nuanced and ecumenical, Scripture in Doctrinal Dispute completes Young's magnum opus, closing the gap between scripture and Christian tradition. Young's magisterial study holds widespread implications for not only patristics but also exegesis and systematic theology.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Foreword by David F. Ford

Preface

List of Abbreviations

1. Setting the Scene: Retrospect and Prospect Setting the Scene: Retrospect and Prospect

1. Divine Pedagogy and the School-­Like Character of Early Christian Ecclēsiai

2. The Legacies of Second-­Century Debate

3. The Monarchian Controversies

3.1. The Fundamental Question and Origen’s Revealing Response

3.2. Monarchians in Rome

3.3. Divergent Traditions

3.3.1. Ditheism: Where Did This Charge Come From?

3.3.2. Three Names Rather Than Two?

3.3.3. Meeting Modalist Monarchianism: Arguments and Prooftexts

4. Prospect: The Nub of the Question Shifts

2. Three Names, One God? Part 1, Making Sense of Scripture

1. The Arian Controversies

1.1. Setting the Scene

1.2. Doctrinal Frameworks

1.3. Traditional Texts, Disputed Meanings

1.4. Proverbs 8:22–31

1.5. Athanasius on Scripture and Doctrine

2. The Holy Spirit

2.1. Athanasius

2.2. Basil of Caesarea, On the Holy Spirit

3. The Need for a New Conceptuality Generated by AI.

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ISBN:

9781467466295

1467466298

OCLC:

1446129742