God Visible: Patristic Christology Reconsidered

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*God Visible: Patristic Christology Reconsidered * considers the early development and reception of what is today the most widely professed Christian conception of Christ. The development of this doctrine admits of wide variations in expression and understanding, varying emphases in interpretation that are as striking in authors of the first millennium as they are among modern writers. The seven early ecumenical councils and their dogmatic formulations are crucial way-stations in defining the shape of this study. Brian E. Daley argues that the scope of previous enquiries, which focused on the declaration of the Council of Chalcedon in AD 451 that Christ was one Person in two natures, the Divine of the same substance as the Father, and the human of the same substance as us, now seems excessively narrow and distorts our understanding. Daley sets aside the Chalcedonian formula and instead considers what some major Church Fathers--from Irenaeus to John Damascene--say about the person of Christ. Tags: Christian Church, Christian Theology, History, General, Christology, Religion Cover God Visible: Patristic Christology Reconsidered Copyright Dedication Preface Contents List of Abbreviations 1: The Christology of Chalcedon: Neither End nor Beginning CHALCEDON SCHOLARSHIP IN THE POST-WAR YEARS THE ACHIEVEMENT OF CHALCEDON REACTIONS TO CHALCEDON RETHINKING CHALCEDON 2: Second-Century Christology: The Word With Us THE ODES OF SOLOMON IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH THE ASCENSION OF ISAIAH MELITO OF SARDIS JUSTIN CONCLUSION 3: Irenaeus and Origen: A Christology of Manifestation IRENAEUS OF LYONS God’s Saving Work in History The Human Creature ORIGEN 4: The Early Arian Controversy: Christology in Search of a Mediator THE CONTROVERSY OVER ARIUS MARCELLUS OF ANCYRA EUSEBIUS OF CAESARAEA ATHANASIUS CONCLUSION 5: Apollinarius, Gregory of Nazianzus, and Gregory of Nyssa: Towards a Christology of Transformation APOLLINARIUS OF LAODICAEA GREGORY OF NAZIANZUS GREGORY OF NYSSA CONCLUSION 6: Augustine of Hippo: Christology as the “Way” AUGUSTINE’S VIEW OF THE PERSON OF CHRIST AUGUSTINE AND LEPORIUS CHRIST AS MEDIATOR PARTICIPATION IN IMMORTALITY GRACE AND FAITH CONCLUSION 7: Antioch and Alexandria: Christology as Reflection on God’s Presence in History ANTIOCHENE AND ALEXANDRIAN APPROACHES DIODORE OF TARSUS THEODORE OF MOPSUESTIA NESTORIUS OF CONSTANTINOPLE THEODORET OF CYRUS CYRIL OF ALEXANDRIA CONCLUSIONS 8: After Chalcedon: A Christology of Relationship INTRODUCTION LEONTIUS OF BYZANTIUM MAXIMUS THE CONFESSOR JOHN OF DAMASCUS CONCLUSION 9: The Iconoclastic Controversy: Christology and Images EUSEBIUS EPIPHANIUS AFTER CHALCEDON JOHN OF DAMASCUS CONSTANTINE V THE SECOND COUNCIL OF NICAEA THE SECOND ICONOCLASTIC PERIOD NICEPHORUS THEODORE OF STOUDIOS THE REINSTATEMENT OF ICONS CONCLUSION 10: Epilogue: Christology and the Councils Bibliography Index