Contents

Introduction: Development as Meaning in Trinitarian Doctrine -- pg.1

1. Fourth-Century Trinitarian Theology: History and Interpretation -- pg.15

2. Development of Trinitarian Doctrine: A Model and Its Application -- pg.33

3. Athanasius: The Crucified Lord and Trinitarian Deification -- pg.99

4. Gregory of Nyssa: The Infinite Perfection of Trinitarian Life -- pg.157

5. Augustine’s De Trinitate: Trinitarian Contemplation as Christological Quest -- pg.241

Conclusion: Retrieving the Systematic Scope of Nicene Theology -- pg.281

Bibliography -- pg.293

Subject Index -- pg.307

Index of Modern Authors -- pg.315

Index of Ancient Sources -- pg.317

In this volume Khaled Anatolios, a noted expert on the development of Nicene theology, offers a historically informed theological study of the development of the doctrine of the Trinity, showing its relevance to Christian life and thought today. According to Anatolios, the development of trinitarian doctrine involved a global interpretation of Christian faith as a whole. Consequently, the meaning of trinitarian doctrine is to be found in a reappropriation of the process of this development, such that the entirety of Christian existence is interpreted in a trinitarian manner. RETRIEVING NICAEA provides essential resources for this reappropriation by identifying the network of theological issues that comprise the "systematic scope" of Nicene theology, focusing especially on the trinitarian perspectives of three major theologians: Athanasius, Gregory of Nyssa, and Augustine.