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1 - The Triune God

from Part I - Doctrines

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2022

By
Michael Allen
Edited by
Michael Allen
Michael Allen
Affiliation:
Reformed Theological Seminary, Florida
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Summary

Christian doctrine focuses upon God and the way in which God grants not just life but also meaning to all other things. To turn to the doctrine of God, therefore, is to consider both a particular item of concern (namely, God or theos) and a specific way of considering all things (a theological view of all reality). Here we must remember that Christian theology should have both a contemplative and an active element. Contemplative reason considers God for his own sake, seeking to know and to intelligently perceive God as fully and faithfully as possible. This one is worthy of praise and honor and, no less, of our intellectual efforts. Active reason also looks to God, now not simply as a discrete object of study but as the horizon of all studies, casting light on our study of topics ranging from nature itself to human being in particular.

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The New Cambridge Companion to Christian Doctrine , pp. 3 - 18
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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Further Reading

Allen, Michael (2022), “Exodus 3 after the Hellenization Thesis,” Journal of Theological Interpretation 3, no. 2 (2009): 179–196; repr. in The Knowledge of God: Essays on God, Christ, and Church (London: T&T Clark), 17–34.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Augustine, (1991), The Trinity (Works of St. Augustine I/5; ed. Rotelle, John E.; trans. Edmund Hill; Brooklyn, NY: New City).Google Scholar
Coakley, Sarah (2013), God, Sexuality and the Self: An Essay “On the Trinity” (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Emery, Gilles (2011), The Trinity: An Introduction to Catholic Doctrine on the Triune God (trans. Matthew Levering; Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press).Google Scholar
Hill, Wesley (2015), Paul and the Trinity: Persons, Relations, and the Pauline Letters (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans).Google Scholar
Levering, Matthew (2004), Scripture and Metaphysics: Aquinas and the Renewal of Trinitarian Theology (Challenges in Contemporary Theology; Oxford: Blackwell).Google Scholar
Sanders, Matthew (2017), The Triune God (New Studies in Dogmatics; Grand Rapids: Zondervan).Google Scholar
Sonderegger, Katherine (2015 and 2020), Systematic Theology, Volumes 1 and 2 (Minneapolis: Fortress).Google Scholar
Swain, Scott R. (2020), The Trinity: An Introduction (Short Studies in Systematic Theology; Wheaton: Crossway).Google Scholar
Tanner, Kathryn (1988), God and Creation in Christian Theology: Tyranny or Empowerment? (Minneapolis: Fortress).Google Scholar
Vanhoozer, Kevin J. (2010), Remythologizing Theology: Divine Action, Passion, and Authorship (Cambridge Studies in Christian Doctrine; Cambridge: Cambridge University Press).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Webster, John (2015), God Without Measure, Volume 1: God and the Works of God (London: T&T Clark).Google Scholar
Williams, Rowan (2016), “Sapientia and the Trinity: Reflections on De Trinitate,” Augustiniana 40, no. 1 (1990): 317–332; repr. as “Sapientia: Wisdom and Trinitarian Relations,” in On Augustine (London: Bloomsbury), 171–190.Google Scholar

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  • The Triune God
  • Edited by Michael Allen
  • Book: The New Cambridge Companion to Christian Doctrine
  • Online publication: 03 November 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108885959.003
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  • The Triune God
  • Edited by Michael Allen
  • Book: The New Cambridge Companion to Christian Doctrine
  • Online publication: 03 November 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108885959.003
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