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On the (Possible) Consequences of Affirming That Humility and Obedience Are Proper to the Eternal Son (A Programmatic Description)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 November 2021

Bruce Lindley McCormack
Affiliation:
Princeton Theological Seminary, New Jersey
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Taking its cue from Barth, who suggested that the human humility and obedience of Jesus Christ are grounded in God’s being as God, this introduction outlines the argument of the book as a whole. The book attempts to reestablish the credibility of Chalcedonian logic on the soil of Barth’s theology through developing a “Reformed kenotic Christology.” Through the ontological receptivity of the eternal Son, the humility and obedience of Jesus are made to be his “own” in a sense that makes it clear that the subject of that human attitude and activity is also the eternal Son. The result is a pneumatologically driven two-“natures” Christology. This introduction outlines the explanation of this argument as it unfolds through the entire book and discusses the methodology used in the following chapters.

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The Humility of the Eternal Son
Reformed Kenoticism and the Repair of Chalcedon
, pp. 9 - 24
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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  • Introduction
  • Bruce Lindley McCormack, Princeton Theological Seminary, New Jersey
  • Book: The Humility of the Eternal Son
  • Online publication: 19 November 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009000123.002
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  • Introduction
  • Bruce Lindley McCormack, Princeton Theological Seminary, New Jersey
  • Book: The Humility of the Eternal Son
  • Online publication: 19 November 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009000123.002
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  • Introduction
  • Bruce Lindley McCormack, Princeton Theological Seminary, New Jersey
  • Book: The Humility of the Eternal Son
  • Online publication: 19 November 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009000123.002
Available formats
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