God and Humanity Brought Together: The Incarnation as Gospel

The Incarnation is celebrated at Christmas but do we really grasp its full import? This essay draws on the fourth-century church father Athanasius—one of the greatest defenders of the orthodox Christian conviction that Jesus Christ was truly God and truly man—to support its claim that evangelicals t...

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Main Author: Douglas, Mary (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Paternoster Periodicals [2021]
In: Evangelical review of theology
Year: 2021, Volume: 45, Issue: 1, Pages: 60-68
IxTheo Classification:KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
NBC Doctrine of God
NBE Anthropology
NBF Christology
Further subjects:B ATHANASIUS, Saint, Patriarch of Alexandria, d. 373
B Crucifixion of Jesus Christ
B Incarnation
B Resurrection of Jesus Christ
B GOD in Christianity
B REDEMPTION in Christianity
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Summary:The Incarnation is celebrated at Christmas but do we really grasp its full import? This essay draws on the fourth-century church father Athanasius—one of the greatest defenders of the orthodox Christian conviction that Jesus Christ was truly God and truly man—to support its claim that evangelicals today impoverish their gospel witness by highlighting Jesus’ death and resurrection and overlooking the essential contribution of the Incarnation to our redemption.
ISSN:0144-8153
Contains:Enthalten in: Evangelical review of theology