Holy Trinity: Holy People - The Theology of Christian Perfecting (Paperback)

Teaching on the sanctification of Christians using the difficult word "perfection" has been part of Christian spirituality through the centuries. The Fathers spoke of it and Augustine particularly contributed his penetrating analysis of human motivation in terms of love. Medieval theologians such as Bernard and Thomas Aquinas developed the tradition and wrote of levels or "degrees" of "perfection" in love.However, the doctrine has not fared so well among Protestants. John Wesley was the one major Protestant leader who tried to blend this ancient tradition of Christian "perfection" with the Reformation proclamation of justification by grace through faith. This book seeks to develop Wesley's synthesis of patristic and Reformation theology in order to consider how Christian "perfection" can be expressed in a more nuanced way in today's culture. Noble examines what basis may be found for Wesley's understanding of sanctification in the central doctrines of the church, particularly the atonement, the doctrine of Christ, and the most comprehensive of all Christian doctrines, the doctrine of the Holy Trinity. What he sets out is a fully trinitarian theology of holiness.

General

Imprint:	James Clarke & Co
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2013
First published:	2013
Authors:	T. A. Noble
Dimensions:	229 x 153 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-0-227-17413-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches > Methodist Churches Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian theology > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian theology > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches > Methodist Churches Books > Christianity > Christian theology Books > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches > Methodist Churches
LSN:	0-227-17413-5
Barcode:	9780227174135

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