In the study of Christology, St. Thomas’ use of Aristotelian natural science helps to avoid two extremes: 1) the neo-modernist “Christology from below” with its Nestorian and Arian tendencies and 2) the Monophysitism implicit in any theology which denigrates our Lord’s Sacred Humanity. The key concept in Aristotelian philosophy ad rem to this subject is […]
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Aristotelian Ontology in Thomistic Christology
March 29th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Christology · Philosophy
Jesus Christ and the Church: The Fullness of Divine Revelation
February 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment
The assignment: Write a three page paper responding to the following questions. How can the finite man Jesus be the fullness of divine revelation? How can the finite Roman Catholic Church transmit the fullness of divine revelation? Include reference to the way in which Dominus Iesus shows the interdependence of claims for the uniqueness of […]
Tags: Christology · Ecclesiology
Saint Maximus the Confessor, Saint Thomas Aquinas, and Christ’s Two Wills
November 14th, 2007 · No Comments
St. Maximus, the monastic mystic and eminent controversialist of orthodoxy against the Monothelites, earned his title “the Confessor” because he died in exile for his heroic confession. In his defense of the orthodox faith against an heretical emperor and supine ecclesiastics, he continued the work of the Patriarch of Jerusalem, St. Sophronius (whom he considered […]
Tags: Church History · Christology · Grace
Imitating Christ’s Humility: Philippians 2
November 3rd, 2007 · No Comments
The Challoner edition of the Douay-Rheims Bible gives a good description of Philippians 2 at the head of the chapter: “He recommends them to unity and humility, and to work out their salvation with fear and trembling.” In broad overview, what St. Paul delivers in this chapter one of his many exhortations to unity, but […]
Tags: Sacred Scripture and Tradition: Sources of Revelation · Spiritual Theology · Christology
The Word was Made Flesh
November 1st, 2007 · No Comments
This offering comes from a favorite author of mine. I will reveal his name at the end. This is a simple but deep excursus on the familiar phrase from the Prologue of St. John’s Gospel.
We are told in the beginning of the Holy Gospel according to Saint John that, “the Word was made flesh and […]
Tags: Fr. Leonard Feeney, St. Benedict Center, and Friends · Christology
Christ’s Theandric Role in our Sanctification
October 6th, 2007 · No Comments
Here is the assignment: “The Church teaches that Christ is truly human and truly divine. Comment on the significance of each of the aspects of the mystery of Christ with regard to our sanctification and our salvation.” The title I gave it for the blog uses the word “theandric,” which Father John Hardon, S.J. […]
Tags: Spiritual Theology · Sacramental Theology · Christology
