Book contents
- An Augustinian Christology
- Current Issues in Theology
- An Augustinian Christology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I The Divine-Human Life
- Part II The Incarnation of the Word
- 3 The Work of Incarnation
- 4 A Historical Icon
- 5 Christ among Us
- 6 The Regime of Signs
- 7 The Work of the Cross
- Part III The Body of Christ
- Bibliography
- Index
6 - The Regime of Signs
from Part II - The Incarnation of the Word
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 November 2023
Book contents
- An Augustinian Christology
- Current Issues in Theology
- An Augustinian Christology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I The Divine-Human Life
- Part II The Incarnation of the Word
- 3 The Work of Incarnation
- 4 A Historical Icon
- 5 Christ among Us
- 6 The Regime of Signs
- 7 The Work of the Cross
- Part III The Body of Christ
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter describes, through attention especially to Augustine’s De trinitate, how Christ’s humanity comes to be the point of redemptive mediation between humanity and divinity through the reference of creaturely signs to him. Christ’s flesh is made the unsurpassable redemptive sign as all other creaturely signs come to point to it; yet because Christ’s flesh is shaped through its receptivity to the world, and because the existence and agency of each creature is included within its ability to point to the sign of Christ’s flesh, we must say that creation is given a role to play in God’s redemptive work.
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- An Augustinian ChristologyCompleting Christ, pp. 217 - 247Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023