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Paterology, or Patriology,
Studies of God the Father
Christian Paterology is primarily based on the study and interpretation of
There are three basic forms of the name of
In Christian theology, fatherhood of God is seen in a more substantive sense, centered around metaphysical rather than metaphorical interpretations of various questions about relations between the Father and the Son. Christian sense of participation in the eternal relationship of Father and Son, through Jesus Christ, is symbolically represented by the notion that Christians are adopted children of God:[7][8]
But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.
In Christianity, the concept of God as the Father of Jesus differs from the concept of God as the Creator and Father of all people.
At the end of the first century, Clement of Rome was referring to the Father regarding creation, 1 Clement 19.2 stating: "let us look steadfastly to the Father and Creator of the universe".[9] Around AD 213 in Adversus Praxeas (chapter 3) Tertullian was developing a formal representation of the concept of the Trinity, meaning that God exists as one "substance" but three "Persons": The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, and with God the Father being the Head.[10][11] This, however, is disputed by other scholars, according to whom Tertullian taught only the Father is truly God, as only he is eternal and not derived from any other substance, as the Son and Holy Spirit are. Tertullian was also discussing the relations of Holy Spirit to the Father and the Son.[10] including the notion of procession "from the Father through the Son".[12][13][14]
Different Christian denominations have different theological approaches to various paterological or patriological issues, concerning the person and works of God the Father.
Early
Creeds in the
See also
References
- ^ Barackman 2001, p. 129.
- ^ Rippee 2018, p. 1-2.
- ^ Barackman 2001, p. 16.
- ^ Rippee 2018, p. X.
- ^ Thompson 2000, p. 35.
- ^ Mills 1990, p. 2.
- ^ Scott 2008, p. 159–160.
- ^ O'Grady 1992, p. 162.
- ^ Kärkkäinen 2004, p. 70-74.
- ^ a b Olson & Hall 2002, p. 29-31.
- ^ Osborn 2003, p. 116-117.
- ^ Tertullian Adversus Praxeas 4 (ANF 3:599–600): "I believe the Spirit to proceed from no other source than from the Father through the Son"
- ^ Tertullian Adversus Praxeas 5 (ANF 3:600–601).
- ^ O'Collins & Farrugia 2015, p. 157.
- ^ Kelly 2006, p. 136.
- ^ Kelly 2006, p. 139.
- ^ Kelly 2006, p. 195.
Sources
- Barackman, Floyd H. (2001). Practical Christian Theology: Examining the Great Doctrines of the Faith (4th ed.). Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications.
- Beeley, Christopher A. (2007). "Divine Causality and the Monarchy of God the Father in Gregory of Nazianzus". The Harvard Theological Review. 100 (2): 199–214.
- Kärkkäinen, Veli-Matti (2004). The Doctrine of God: A Global Introduction. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic.
- Kelly, John N. D. (2006) [1972]. Early Christian Creeds (3rd ed.). London-New York: Continuum.
- Malina, Artur (2008). "Image of God the Father in the New Testament: Introductory Issues" (PDF). Śląskie Studia Historyczno-Teologiczne. 41 (2): 351–360.
- Mills, Watson E., ed. (1990). Mercer Dictionary of the Bible. Macon: Mercer University Press.
- O'Collins, Gerald; Farrugia, Mario (2015). Catholicism: The Story of Catholic Christianity (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- O'Grady, John F. (1992). Pillars of Paul's Gospel: Galatians and Romans. New York: Paulist Press.
- Olson, Roger E.; Hall, Christopher A. (2002). The Trinity. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.
- Osborn, Eric F. (2003). Tertullian, First Theologian of the West. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
- Rippee, Ryan L. (2018). That God May Be All in All: A Paterology Demonstrating That the Father Is the Initiator of All Divine Activity. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publishers.
- Scott, Ian W. (2008). Paul's Way of Knowing: Story, Experience, and the Spirit. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic.
- Thompson, Marianne M. (2000). The Promise of the Father: Jesus and God in the New Testament. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press.