This book provides a complete account of the metaphysical aspects of
Christology in Western theology, during the years from 1250 to 1310.
This period is the most significant for the theology of the middle
ages, beginning with Bonaventure and Thomas Aquinas, and ending with
Duns Scotus. The book opens with an extensive treatment of the
different theories of the union between Christ's human nature and the
second person of the Trinity: primarily that of Bonaventure, according
to which the union is a kind of dependence relationship, and that of
Aquinas, according to which the union consists in a sharing of the
divine being with a human nature. The work proceeds to outline various
theories that attempt to explain why it is that a human nature assumed
to union with a divine person should not itself count as a person. It
makes it clear that these theories about subsistence correspond to
different accounts of the union. A final part deals with three issues:
what the feature is of a divine person that makes it possible for this
person to be united to a human nature (be it the person's divine
nature, or the personal property that distinguishes the divine person
from other such persons); and the question of Christological
predication, as a prelude to, thirdly, a treatment of Christ's human
activity.
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Thomas Aquinas to Duns Scotus
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ISBN
9780198982128
Publisert
2026
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1. utgave
Utgiver
Oxford University Press Academic UK
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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