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The roles of Christ's humanity in salvation : insights from Theodore of Mopsuestia / Frederick G. McLeod.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, ©2005.Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 278 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780813220765
  • 0813220769
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Roles of Christ's humanity in salvation.DDC classification:
  • 232/.8/092 22
LOC classification:
  • BR1720.T35 M35 2005eb
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  • online - EBSCO
  • 11.51
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Contents:
Theodore's method of interpreting Scripture -- The role of Christ's "body" in human salvation -- Christ's salvific role as the bond of the universe -- Christ's salvific role as God's perfect image -- The salvific role of Christ's "common prosopon" -- The Word's "indwelling of good pleasure" -- The second council of Constantinople's condemnation of Theodore of Mopsuestia -- A reassessment of the charges against Theodore.
Review: "Theodore of Mopsuestia was hailed in his lifetime as one of the outstanding theologians and bishops in the second half of the fourth and early fifth centuries. He was then and still is respected as the preeminent spokesperson for the School of Antioch's unwavering defense of Christ's full humanity and its exegetical approach to the Scriptures. But within ten years after his death in 428, his enemies began to attack him openly, eventually succeeding in condemning both his works and person at the Second Council of Constantinople in 553. He has since been declared by some as the "Father of Nestorianism."" "In this book, Frederick G. McLeod first establishes the principal influences that shaped Theodore's exegetical outlook. He then draws out the typology that Theodore sees present between Adam and Christ's humanity, exploring three major roles that Christ's humanity plays as the head of all human immortal existence, the bond of the universe, and the perfect image of God. Next McLeod shows how Theodore's customary word for Christ's "person" (prosopon) ought to be understood in a functional way. The book concludes by applying these insights to the 71 excerpts that were used to condemn Theodore at the Second Council of Constantinople and proposing that these passages can be interpreted in a different, nonheretical way."--BOOK JACKET.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)493618

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-274) and index.

Theodore's method of interpreting Scripture -- The role of Christ's "body" in human salvation -- Christ's salvific role as the bond of the universe -- Christ's salvific role as God's perfect image -- The salvific role of Christ's "common prosopon" -- The Word's "indwelling of good pleasure" -- The second council of Constantinople's condemnation of Theodore of Mopsuestia -- A reassessment of the charges against Theodore.

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"Theodore of Mopsuestia was hailed in his lifetime as one of the outstanding theologians and bishops in the second half of the fourth and early fifth centuries. He was then and still is respected as the preeminent spokesperson for the School of Antioch's unwavering defense of Christ's full humanity and its exegetical approach to the Scriptures. But within ten years after his death in 428, his enemies began to attack him openly, eventually succeeding in condemning both his works and person at the Second Council of Constantinople in 553. He has since been declared by some as the "Father of Nestorianism."" "In this book, Frederick G. McLeod first establishes the principal influences that shaped Theodore's exegetical outlook. He then draws out the typology that Theodore sees present between Adam and Christ's humanity, exploring three major roles that Christ's humanity plays as the head of all human immortal existence, the bond of the universe, and the perfect image of God. Next McLeod shows how Theodore's customary word for Christ's "person" (prosopon) ought to be understood in a functional way. The book concludes by applying these insights to the 71 excerpts that were used to condemn Theodore at the Second Council of Constantinople and proposing that these passages can be interpreted in a different, nonheretical way."--BOOK JACKET.