God Visible: Patristic Christology Reconsidered

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Brian E. Daley, SJ (Catherine F. Huisking Professor of Theology, Catherine F. Huisking Professor of Theology, University of Notre Dame)

God Visible

Patristic Christology Reconsidered

Brian E. Daley, SJ (Catherine F. Huisking Professor of Theology, Catherine F. Huisking Professor of Theology, University of Notre Dame)

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Oxford University Press
08 February 2018

The historical Jesus; The Early Church; Church history; Christian theology

Series: Changing Paradigms in Historical and Systematic Theology

God Visible: Patristic Christology Reconsidered

considers the early development and reception of what is today the most widely professed Christian conception of Christ. The development of this doctrine admits of wide variations in expression and understanding, varying emphases in interpretation that are as striking in authors of the first millennium as they are among modern writers. The seven early ecumenical councils and their dogmatic formulations are crucial way-stations in defining the shape of this study.

Brian E. Daley argues that the scope of previous enquiries, which focused on the declaration of the Council of Chalcedon in AD 451 that Christ was one Person in two natures, the Divine of the same substance as the Father, and the human of the same substance as us, now seems excessively narrow and distorts our understanding. Daley sets aside the Chalcedonian formula and instead considers what some major Church Fathers--from Irenaeus to John Damascene--say about the person of Christ.

By: Brian E. Daley SJ (Catherine F. Huisking Professor of Theology Catherine F. Huisking Professor of Theology University of Notre Dame)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 241mm, Width: 165mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 636g
ISBN: 9780199281336
ISBN 10: 0199281335
Series: Changing Paradigms in Historical and Systematic Theology
Pages: 314
Publication Date: 08 February 2018
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Brian E. Daley, SJ, is Catherine F. Huisking Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. He is a historical theologian, who specializes in the study of the early Church, particularly the development of Christian doctrine from the fourth to the eighth centuries. His publications include Light on the Mountain: Greek Patristic and Byzantine Homilies on the Transfiguration of the Lord (St Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2013) and Hope of the Early Church: A Handbook of Patristic Eschatology (Baker, 2002). In 2014, he co-edited The Harp of Prophecy: Early Christian Interpretation of the Psalms with Paul R. Kolbet (University of Notre Dame Press, 2014).

Reviews for God Visible: Patristic Christology Reconsidered

Daley's work succeeds in a way few texts can in addressing technical concerns inorder to strengthen the proclaimed witness of the Christian church. The writing is clear and at times stunningly perfect: Daley's clarification that 'the divinity of Christ's human nature, one might say, is adverbial rather than substantial' (p. 222) is alone worth the price of the book. * Kirsten Sanders, Scottish Journal of Theology * In The Invisible God, Brian Daley picks up Grillmeier's two-volume work and says yes, and. He takes Grillmeier's two categories and moves to enlarge them, to move beyond the dialectic of either/ or, to remind the reader that the God who is known in Christ exists not as the constellation of opposites, or a confusion or mixture of them, but in the one Christ, the God-man, the one who is seen and who teaches. * Kirsten Sanders, Theologian interested in Christology and questions of material embodiment, Marginalia * It offers those who are new to the subject a comprehensive overview... of the universe that is the Christology of the Early Church, while it reminds specialist patristic scholars and theologians generally of one of the deeper purposes of the discipline. It can therefore be recommended to all of these groups of potential readers. * Josef Loessl, Cardiff University, Journal of Ecclesiastical History * This book will be useful for scholars of early church theology, for people working in Christology, and for seminary students and clergy seeking a concise and informative treatment of the development of early church Christology. Every theological library should have it. * Don Schweitzer, Anglican Theological Review * This book appears in a series designed to re-examine the paradigms and presuppositions that have guided the historians of Christian thought. It is successful in fulfilling that objective. This is not just a work for scholars but for any Christian with an interest in how the church has understood the person of Christ. * Paul Richardson, Church of England Newspaper *