Teaching on the sanctification of Christians using the difficult word “perfection” has been part of Christian spirituality through the centuries. The Church Fathers spoke of it and Augustine of Hippo particularly contributed his penetrating analysis of human motivation in terms of love. Medieval theologians such as Bernard of Clairvaux and Thomas Aquinas developed the tradition and wrote of levels or “degrees” of “perfection” in love. However, the doctrine has not fared 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 presents is a fully trinitarian theology of holiness.. Table of Contents Table of Contents: Preface Abbreviations 1 Preliminaries 2 Christian Perfecting in Holy Scripture 3 Christian Perfecting in Church Tradition 4 Wesley’s Doctrine of Christian Perfecting 5 Reformulating Wesley’s Doctrine Today 6 Christian Holiness and the Atonement 7 Christian Holiness and the Incarnation 8 Christian Holiness and the Holy Trinity 9 Reflecting the Holy Trinity Bibliography Index

Holy Trinity: Holy People: The Theology of Christian Perfecting (Didsbury Lectures)

Religion & Spirituality

Noble, T.A.

Christian Books & Bibles

James Clarke & Co.

The Grace of Our Lord Jesus Christ is the first volume of a three-volume systematics, Christian Theology. The volume is in three parts: Part 1, Faith and History; Part 2, Christology: The Doctrine of the Person of Christ; and Part 3, Soteriology: The Doctrine of the Work of Christ. Throughout the entire volume, Biblical, Historical, and Systematic Theology are integrated, drawing on major historical works of Theology and on contemporary scholarship.

Christian Theology, Volume 1: The Grace of Our Lord Jesus Christ

Foundry Publishing

Holy Trinity: Holy People (Didsbury Lectures)

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.

Cascade Books

2009 is the bicentenary of Charles Darwin's birth, and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his epoch-making Origin of Species. Christians (particularly evangelicals) have debated the extent and mechanisms of evolution - and some have rejected neo-Darwinism entirely. The relationship between the scientific understanding of human origins and the biblical story of human origins and the Fall raises numerous questions. How does the Christian doctrine of humanity relate to the biologist's account of human evolution? If we accept the Darwinian picture, how do we understand the Fall and sin, 'good' and 'evil'? What about the problem of evil and suffering? David Wilkinson begins this stimulating volume by setting the doctrine of creation in the context of worship of the Creator. R. J. Berry gives a historical survey, from Darwin's own struggle to relate his science to his faith up to the continuing attempt in the present day to wrestle with the theological implications of evolution. Darrel Falk examines the theological challenges that arose for Darwin himself. Richard Hess carefully examines the early chapters of Genesis. T. A. Noble clarifies the doctrine of original sin and offers some fresh thinking on the doctrine of the Fall. A. N. S. Lane takes a close look at Irenaeus's view of the Fall and original sin. Henri Blocher responds to attempts at theodicy which rationalize evil by denying the reality of the fall. Richard Mortimer engages constructively with Blocher's previous writings. In their concluding summary, the editors affirm that there is no conflict between Holy Scripture and modern science, and acknowledge that our quest for deeper understanding is ongoing.

Darwin, Creation and the Fall: Theological Challenges

Berry, R. J.

Apollos

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Holy Trinity: Holy People: The Theology of Christian Perfecting (Didsbury Lectures)

Christian Theology, Volume 1: The Grace of Our Lord Jesus Christ

Holy Trinity: Holy People (Didsbury Lectures)

Darwin, Creation and the Fall: Theological Challenges