EVANGELICAL FAITH Volume III : The Third Article of the Creed. The Manifestations of the Holy Spirit in the Word, the Church, the Religions, and the Last Things
EVANGELICAL FAITH Volume III: The Third Article of the Creed. The Manifestations of the Holy Spirit in the Word, the Church, the Religions, and the Last Things / Thielicke, Helmut; Ed. by Bromiley, Geoffrey W.
Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1982. —
ББК 230 / Thi / 1982 / V.3
Зміст:
Contents PART I: THE HOLY SPIRIT AS THE POWER OF PRESENTATION -- pg. 1 Introduction: Link with Previous Discussions of Pneumatology -- pg. 4 A. The Holy Spirit as the Basis of Faith, Love, and Hope -- pg. 8 I. The Holy Spirit as the Basis of Faith -- pg. 8 II. The Holy Spirit as the Basis of Love -- pg. 54 III. The Holy Spirit as the Basis of Hope -- pg. 66 B. The Work of the Power of the Spirit -- pg. 73 IV. The Gifts of the Spirit (Charismata) -- pg. 73 V. Empowering for Prayer by the Pneuma -- pg. 83 PART II: THE MEANS OF PRESENTATION
The Word-Form of Presentation -- pg. 91
VI. Word and Spirit: Their Basic Relationship -- pg. 94 A. Controversies about the Understanding of the Bible:
A Critical Stance -- pg. 103
VII. The Establishment of Scriptural Authority by the Formation
of the Canon -- pg. 105
VIII. The Establishment of the Canon by the Uniting of Scripture and Tradition -- pg. 127 IX. The Establishment of the Bible as the 'Vessel of God’s Word by Immanent Scriptural Criteria -- pg. 140 X. Promise and Fulfilment -- pg. 151 XI. Law and Gospel -- pg. 177 XII. The Establishment of the Authority of Scripture by the Doctrine of Verbal Inspiration -- pg. 191 XIII. The Establishment of the Authority of Scripture by Historico-Critical Research -- pg. 195 PART III: THE FORM OF PRESENTATION: THE CHURCH -- pg. 199 XIV. The Concept of the Church
Excursus: On the Change in Meaning 0f the Term ‘ ‘Church’ -- pg. 203
XV. The Essence of the Church -- pg. 208 XVI. Where Is the Church? -- pg. 215 XVII. The Dualism of Roman Catholic and Evangelical in Ecclesiology. Theological Issues of Separation -- pg. 223 XVIII. Ministries and Offices -- pg. 230 A. Worship, Word, and Sacraments -- pg. 240 XIX. Worship, Preaching, and Liturgy -- pg. 240 XX. Worship and the Sacraments -- pg. 248 XXI. On the Understanding of Baptism -- pg. 266 XXII. On the Understanding of the Lord’s Supper -- pg. 282 PART IV: THE EXCLUSIVENESS OF PRESENTATION The Gospel and the World of Religions -- pg. 301 XXIII. Debates about the Concept of Religion -- pg. 305 XXIV. Paradigms of the Controversy about the Question of the Gospel and Religion -- pg. 310 XXV. An Attempt at a Theological Synthesis (Tillich and Pannenberg) -- pg. 337 A. Evaluation of the Interpretation of the History of Religion and Attempt at a Legitimate Understanding of Exclusiveness -- pg. 345 XXVI. On Understanding Religion and the Religions -- pg. 345 XXVII. The Special Feature in the Truth of Revelation -- pg. 355 XXVIII. The Question of Anonymous Christianity -- pg. 365 XXIX. The Principle of Exclusiveness and the Question of Toleration -- pg. 370 PART V: THE TRANSCENDING OF PRESENTATION: ESCHATOLOGY -- pg. 377 XXX. The State of the Discussion -- pg. 379 A. Individual Eschatology -- pg. 385 XXXI. On the Understanding of Death -- pg. 385 XXXII. Life after Death -- pg. 398 B. Universal Eschatology -- pg. 415 XXXIII. The Basis of Hope -- pg. 416 XXXIV. The Crisis of Hope (Delay of the Parousia) -- pg. 428 XXXV. The Content of Hope -- pg. 434 Indexes -- pg. 467 1. Names -- pg. 467 2. Subjects -- pg. 472 3. Scripture References -- pg. 478
Анотація:
Upon their publication in 1974 and 1977, the first two volumes of Helmut Thielicke’s Evangelical Faith received wide acclaim. With this third volume, Thielicke concludes his ambitious effort to const ruct a system of Christian theology that is responsive to the needs and questions of the modern age.
Thielicke’s primary focus in the 35 sections of this volume is pneumatology, which, according to Thielicke, forms the basis for his examination of other topics such as ecdesiology, eschatology, and the theology of religions:
the statement of faith in the Holy Spirit is the dominant feature even in the confession of the resurrection of the dead and the life everlasting. The Holy Spirit makes present the 'past' event of salvation and also the 'future' one. To this extent, pneumatology /01 ms the background of all statements of this article, and constitutes them a unity. It also provides a hey to a theological understanding a/ the religions which it is one of our special exertions In achieve in this volume.
This volume is informed by the same breadth of insight and clarity of analysis that characterized the first two volumes of Evangelical Faith and secured Thielicke’s reputation as one of the leading Christian thinkers of this century.