2011/3 (LIII) ****************************************************************************************** * 2011/3 (LIII) ****************************************************************************************** ARTICLES • Antony Tiselton 7 The Holy Spirit in the Latin Fathers with Special Reference to Their Use of 1. Corinthia Chapter in Modern Scholarship Abstract: How did the Latin Fathers make use of 1Corinthians 12 to illuminate their theology of th This study compares the four sections of the chapter (12:1–3, 12:4–7; 12:8–11; and 12:12 modern biblical scholarship on one side, and with the Church Fathers on the other. On 12 Ambrose, and other Western Fathers address the agency of the Spirit in confessing “Jesus there are two differences from modern writings. First, modern suggests a number of hypot Ana,qema VIhsou/j, especially Bruce Winter’s probable explanation, while the Fathers ten this part of v. 3. Second, the ontological emphasis of the Fathers on “Lord” (Ku,rioj) i to complement the existential emphasis of most modern writers. On 12:4–7 the explicitly emphasis of the Fathers from Irenaeus to Ambrose and Augustine has much to say about the approach of many modern biblical scholars. On 12:10–11, the Fathers address the individu the Spirit”, but there are many more specific suggestions in modern scholarship, which n taken seriously, especially on prophecy. On the other hand, they are less “dualistic” on other gifts. On 12:12–30 the Fathers genuinely expound the thought of Paul. But they mis recovered in modern thought, especially Dale Martin’s correct emphasis on “reversals” of imagery. Keywords: Holy Spirit – gifts – Latin Fathers • Joost Van Rossum 25 The Experience of the Holy Spirit in Greek Patristic and Byzantine Theology Abstract: The book On the Holy Spirit by Basil of Caesarea, one of the “classics” in patristic lit has originally been an occasional work, written at the request of his friend Amphilochiu Iconium, in order to give a response to the arguments of the Pneumatomachians who denied Spirit is equal to the Father and the Son. In the midst of this technical and theologica appears a chapter (Chapter IX), in which Basil speaks about the experience of the Holy S argues that we cannot know who or what the Holy Spirit is, but we are able to know what manifestation of the Holy Spirit has three main characteristics. It is personalistic: th not only a Divine Gift, but also a Divine Person; God is revealed by the illumination of as Trinity: the Spirit leads us to the Son (the “image of the Father”), and the Son lead Father. The manifestation of the Holy Spirit is also christocentric: the Persons or Hypo Father and the Holy Spirit are not revealed, but only Christ has manifested His Hypostas manifestation of the Holy Spirit is the revelation of the eschaton, the Kingdom of God, the angels”. These three aspects of Basil’s pneumatology: personalism, christocentrism a return in the wrings of two major Byzantine theologians, Symeon the New Theologian (11th Gregory Palamas (14th century). The personalism of Greek patristic and Byzantine Trinita lies at the bottom of the rejection of the Western doctrine of the Filioque by Orthodox Keywords: Holy Spirit – Greek Fathers – Personalism – Filioque • Athanasios Papathanasiou 40 If I Cross the Boundaries, You Are There! An Affirmation of God´s Action Outsider the Ca Boundaries of the Church Abstract: This article deals with the question of God’s salvific action outside the Church and tra given in ecumenical circles duringthe last century. Orthodox theology criticized Christo triggered the rediscovery of the universal activity of the Spirit. However, some theolog developed Pneumatology at the expense of Christology. The article argues that a synthesi and Pneumatology can give adequate answers, stressing the notion of the cosmic Christ an Spirit. The work of Nicholas Cabasilas, a fourteenth-century Orthodox theologian, serves of this kind of approach. Keywords: Holy Spirit – Cosmic Christ – Orthodox theology – Christomonism – Pneumatology – Baptism Cabasilas – Georges Khodr • Jim Purves 56 Water, Fire and Wind: Visiting the Roots of Pentecostal Pneumatology Abstract: In this essay, we seek to engage with a Pentecostal understanding of the Holy Spirit thr of analysis. Firstly, we look at historic features of the Holy Spirit’s perceived presen within Pentecostalism. From there we proceed to reflection on indicators and affects of as perceived from within Pentecostalism, noting some Pentecostal scholars’ critiques, be examine whether these indicators and affects can be understood and described in a manner the language and conceptual framework of Constantinian Christianity. In the second part reflect on observations arising out of the first stage of analysis from within a context being experientially Pentecostal, is voiced from a European, Reformed, dogmatic framewor dialogue within a wider global context. We seek to identify the critical foci that can b rehearsed Pentecostal perspective on the Holy Spirit, and conclude by examining whether develop expression and language more adequately inclusive of Pentecostal appreciation an the Spirit of God. Keywords: Holy Spirit – Pentecostal Theology – Constantinian Christianity – experience – eschatolo BOOK REVIEWS • Ivan Landa 74 M. D. Krüger, Die trinitarische Spekulation und göttliche Freiheit beim späten Schelling • Kristýna Obrdlíková 87 Matthew C. Steenberg, Irenaeus on Creation • Ivana Noble 91 Bruce T. Morrill, Divine Worship and Human Healing