Holy Trinity, holy people : the theology of Christian perfecting /
"Teaching on the sanctification of Christians using the difficult word perfection has been part of Christian spirituality through the centuries. The Fathers spoke of it and Augustine particularly contributed his penetrating analysis of human motivation interms of love. Medieval theologians such...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Cambridge :
James Clarke & Co.,
2013.
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Colección: | Didsbury lectures ;
2012. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | "Teaching on the sanctification of Christians using the difficult word perfection has been part of Christian spirituality through the centuries. The Fathers spoke of it and Augustine particularly contributed his penetrating analysis of human motivation interms of love. Medieval theologians such as Bernard and Thomas Aquinas developed the tradition and wrote of levels or degrees of perfection in love.However, the doctrine has not fared so well among Protestants. John Wesley was the one major Protestant leader who tried to blend this ancient tradition of Christian"--Publisher. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 242 pages). |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780227901915 0227901916 |