Synopsis: 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. Endorsements: "Holy Trinity: Holy
People is a wise and winsome trinitarian account of Christian
perfection. Noble conceives of holiness not in individualist terms
of isolation from the world, but as a communion of love, as]
participation in God's trinitarian love, which is essentially
redemptive in character rather than judgmental. Anyone interested
in what a trinitarian account of holiness could be need look no
further than Noble's profound and compelling work." --Elmer M.
Colyer, Professor of Systematic Theology and Professor of Wesley
Studies, University of Dubuque Theological Seminary "Carefully
contextualizing the vital doctrine of Christian perfection in terms
of Scripture and church tradition, both Eastern and Western, Noble
offers the reader a remarkably balanced assessment of John Wesley's
articulation of entire sanctification that is sophisticated,
informed by a number of theological streams, and wonderfully
trinitarian. Due to its many fresh insights, this engaging book
will, no doubt, foster a lively conversation and considerable
reflection among all who love holiness." --Kenneth J. Collins,
Professor of Wesley Studies and Historical Theology, Asbury
Theological Seminary "This book is a landmark in treatments of
Wesley's doctrine of Christian perfection. Be assured: this is no
parochial performance. Noble's work does not just revisit the
Wesleys of old; he integrates his critical assessment of their
insights into a penetrating vision of the Triune God. Marked by a
singular beauty of expression and structure, this work will become
a benchmark in the field of Wesleyan and Methodist theology."
--William J. Abraham, Professor of Wesley Studies, Perkins School
of Theology, Southern Methodist University Author Biography: T. A.
Noble is Professor of Theology at Nazarene Theological Seminary in
Kansas City, Missouri, and also Senior Research Fellow in Theology
at Nazarene Theological College, Manchester, UK. He was recently
president of the Wesleyan Theological Society.
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