Recovering the Reformation’s Ecumenical Vision of Redemption as Deification and Beatific Vision
The beatific vision is widely perceived as a Roman Catholic doctrine. Many continue to view deification as a distinctively Eastern Orthodox doctrine incompatible with the Western theological tradition, especially its Protestant expressions. This essay will demonstrate that several Reformers of the f...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Sciendo, De Gruyter
[2020]
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Perichoresis
Jahr: 2020, Band: 18, Heft: 1, Seiten: 3-24 |
| IxTheo Notationen: | KAG Kirchengeschichte 1500-1648; Reformation; Humanismus; Renaissance KDD Evangelische Kirche KDJ Ökumene NBK Soteriologie |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Deification
B Calvin B Bucer B Beatific Vision B Zwingli |
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| Zusammenfassung: | The beatific vision is widely perceived as a Roman Catholic doctrine. Many continue to view deification as a distinctively Eastern Orthodox doctrine incompatible with the Western theological tradition, especially its Protestant expressions. This essay will demonstrate that several Reformers of the first and second generation promoted a vision of redemption that culminates with deification and beatific vision. They affirmed these concepts without apology in confessional statements, dogmatic works, biblical commentaries, and polemical treatises. Attention will focus on figures in the Reformed tradition though one could produce similar surveys for the Lutheran and Anglican branches of the Reformation as well. John Calvin will receive extended treatment because some scholars dispute whether he affirmed deification. This essay presents important evidence thus far overlooked which should settle the question. |
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| ISSN: | 2284-7308 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Perichoresis
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2478/perc-2020-0001 |