On classical trinitarianism : retrieving the Nicene doctrine of the triune God / edited by Matthew Barrett

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Nicene Creed, or the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed, AD 381 -- The Prospect and Promise of Classical Trinitarian Theology / Matthew Barrett -- Ante-Nicene Trinitarianism : From Confession to Theology / Donald Fairbairn -- The Nicene Creed : Foundation of Orthodoxy / Christopher A. Hall -- The beginnings of a pro-Nicene Trinitarian vision : Athanasius of Alexandria on the Activity of the Son and the Spirit / Amy Brown Hughes and Shawn J. Wilhite -- Hilary of Poitiers, on the unity and distinction of father and son : a Pro-Nicene Reading and Use of John 5:19 / Carl L. Beckwith -- The Cappadocians and the maturity of Nicene vocabulary / Stephen Hildebrand -- Maximos and John Damascene : mid-Byzantine reception of Nicaea / Andrew Louth -- Augustine of Hippo : Will the real Augustine please stand up? / Keith E. Johnson -- Anselm of Canterbury : faith seeking Trinitarian understanding / David S. Hogg -- Thomas Aquinas's appropriation of pro-Nicene theology of the trinity / Gilles Emery, OP -- Creedal critics or creedal confessors? The reformers and the reformed scholastics / J. V. Fesko -- A fading of the Trinitarian imagination the fight for Nicene confessionalism in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries / Michael A. G. Hayking -- The incomprehensibility of the holy trinity / Ronni Kurtz -- Trinity, creatures, and hermeneutics : accounting properly for both theologia and oikonomia / Richard C. Barcellos -- The unity of God and the unity of the economy / Steven J. Duby -- Perfect being theology and classical Trinitarianism / Katherin A. Rogers -- Trinity and divine simplicity / James E. Dolezal -- Three persons, one will / Stephen J. Wellum -- Trinity and aseity / Gavin Ortlund -- The immutable and impassible trinity, part 1 : the biblical teaching and early patristic thought / Thomas G. Weinandy -- The immutable and impassible trinity, part 2 : the early councils, further theological and Christological developments, and soteriological and pastoral implications / Thomas G. Weinandy -- Trinity and love / Matthew Levering -- The unbegotten father / John Baptist Ku -- Only begotten God : eternal generation, a scriptural doctrine / Charles Lee Irons -- Only begotten son : the doctrinal functions of eternal generation / Fred Sanders -- No impassibility, no eternal generation : retrieving a pro-Nicene distinctive / Matthew Barrett -- The procession of the spirit : eternal spiration : Christopher R. J. Holmes -- The spirit's procession revealed in the spirit's mission : an Augustinian account / Adonis Vidu -- Three agents, one agency : the undivided external works of the trinity / Scott R. Swain -- Trinity and appropriations : meaning, practice, and significane / John Malone -- Social or classical? : a theological dialogue / Michael Allen and Matthew Barrett -- Three versus one? Some problems of social Trinitarianism / Stephen R. Holmes -- Perichoresis and projection : problems with social doctrines of the trinity / Karen Kilby -- Is there obedience in God? : Nicene orthodoxy and the eternal procession of the son in Aquinas and Barth / Thomas Joseph White -- Renaissance or revision? : metaphysical departures from classical Trinitarian theism / Craig A. Carter -- Are evangelicals Nicene Trinitarians? Evangelicalism's debt to social Trinitarianism / D. Blair Smith -- Reforming the Trinity? The collapse of classical metaphysics and the Protestant identity crisis / Carl Trueman -- The need for Nicene exegesis : eternal functional subordination's hermeneutical innovation / Amy Peeler -- The need for Nicene dogmatics : eternal functional subordination's dogmatic inadequacy / Glenn Butner -- The trinity is still not our social program : the trinity and gender roles / Samuel G. Parkison -- Biblicism and heterodxy : Nicene orthodoxy, ecclesiastical accountability, and institutional fidelity / Michael Horton.

"Motivated by the longstanding need to retrieve the classical doctrine of the Trinity, theologian Matthew Barrett brings together over forty Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox scholars in one ecumenical volume, demonstrating that Nicene orthodoxy can endure in the modern world and unite the church catholic"-- Provided by publisher.

"Modern theology claimed that it ignited a renaissance in trinitarian theology. Really, it has been a renaissance in social trinitarianism. Classical commitments such as divine simplicity have been jettisoned, the three persons have been redefined as three centers of consciousness and will, and modern agendas in politics, gender, and ecclesiology determine the terms of the discussion. Contemporary trinitarian theology has followed the spirit of this trajectory, rejecting doctrines like eternal generation that were once a hallmark of Nicene orthodoxy and reintroducing subordinationism into the Trinity. Motivated by the longstanding need to retrieve the classical doctrine of the Trinity, theologian Matthew Barrett brings together Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox scholars to intervene in the conversation. With over forty contributions, this volume resurrects the enduring legacy of Nicene orthodoxy, providing a theological introduction that listens with humility to the Great Tradition. The distinct yet united voices of On Classical Trinitarianism summon theologians to move past modern revisionism for the sake of renewing classical trinitarian theology today. Together, they demonstrate that Nicene orthodoxy can endure in the modern world and unite the church catholic. "-- Provided by publisher.