Ivana Noble

The Holy Spirit across the Eastern-Western Borders

Anthony C. Thiselton

The Holy Spirit in the Latin Fathers with Special Reference to Their Use of 1 Corinthians 12 and This Chapter in Modern Scholarship

Joost van Rossum

The Εxperience of the Holy Spirit in Greek Patristic and Byzantine Theology

Athanasios N. Papathanasiou

If I Cross the Boundaries, You Are There!: An Affirmation of God's Action Outside the Canonical Boundaries of the Church

Jim Purves

Water, Fire & Wind: Visiting the Roots of Pentecostal Pneumatology

Ivan Landa

Book review: Malte D. Krüger, Göttliche Freiheit: Die Trinitätslehre in Schellings Spätphilosophie

Kristýna Obrdlíková

Book review: Matthew C. Steenberg, Irenaeus on Creation: The Cosmic Christ and the Saga of Redemption

Ivana Noble

Book review: Bruce T. Morrill, Divine Worship and Human Healing: Liturgical Theology at the Margins of Life and Death

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Ivana Noble

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Noble, Ivana. “The Holy Spirit across the Eastern-Western Borders.” Communio Viatorum 53, no. 3 (December 31, 2011): 1–6.

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Anthony C. Thiselton

Abstract:

How did the Latin Fathers make use of1 Corinthians 12 to illuminate their theology ofthe Holy Spirit? This study compares the foursections ofthe chapter (12:1-3, 12:4-7; 12:8-11; and 12:12-30) with modern biblical scholarship on one side, and with the Church Fathers on the other. On 12:1-3, Hilary, Ambrose, and other Western Fathers address the agency ofthe Spirit in confessing “Jesus is Lord”. But there are two differences from modern writings. First, modern suggests a number of hypotheses about AnaOcpa Trjoovç, especially Bruce Winter’s probable explanation, while the Fathers tend to gloss over this part ofv. 3. Second, the ontological emphasis ofthe Fathers on “Lord” (κυριος) is still needed to complement the existential emphasis of most modern writers. On 12:4-7 the explicitly Trinitarian emphasis ofthe Fathersfrom Irenaeus to Ambrose and Augustine has much to say about the over-cautious approach ofmany modern biblical scholars. On 12:10-11, the Fathers address the individual “gifts ofthe Spirit”, but there are many more specific suggestions in modern scholarship, which need to be taken seriously, especially on prophecy. On the other hand, they are less “dualistic ” on healing and other gifts. On 12:12-30 the Fathers genuinely expound the thought ofPaul. But they miss some points, recovered in modern thought, especially Dale Martin’s correct emphasis on “reversals” ofthe body imagery.

Keywords:

Holy Spirit - gifts - Latin Fathers.

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Thiselton, Anthony C. “The Holy Spirit in the Latin Fathers with Special Reference to Their Use of 1 Corinthians 12 and This Chapter in Modern Scholarship.” Communio Viatorum 53, no. 3 (December 31, 2011): 7–24.

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Joost van Rossum

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The book On the Holy Spirit by Basil of Caesarea, one of the “classics” in patristic literature, has originally been an occasional work, written at the request of his friend Amphilochius, Bishop ofIconium, in order to give a response to the arguments of the Pneumatomachians who denied that the Holy Spirit is equal to the Father and the Son. In the midst ofthis technical and theological discussion appears a chapter (Chapter IX), in which Basil speaks about the experience of the Holy Spirit. He argues that we cannot know who or what the Holy Spirit is, but we are able to know what He does. The manifestation of the Holy Spirit has three main characteristics. It is personalistic: the Holy Spirit is not only a Divine Gift, but also a Divine Person; God is revealed by the illumination ofthe Holy Spirit as Trinity: the Spirit leads us to the Son (the “image ofthe Father”), and the Son leads us to the Father. The manifestation of the Holy Spirit is also christocentric: the Persons or Hypostaseis of the Father and the Holy Spirit are not revealed, but only Christ has manifested His Hypostasis. Finally, the manifestation ofthe Holy Spirit is the revelation of the eschaton, the Kingdom of God, the “dance with the angels”. These three aspects of Basil’s pneumatology: personalism, christocentrism and eschatology, return in the wrings of two major Byzantine theologians, Symeon the New Theologian (11th century) and Gregory Palamas (14th century). The personalism of Greek patristic and Byzantine Trinitarian theology lies at the bottom of the rejection ofthe Western doctrine of the Filioque by Orthodox theologians.

Keywords:

Holy Spirit - Greek Fathers - Personalism - Filioque.

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Rossum, Joost van. “The Experience of the Holy Spirit in Greek Patristic and Byzantine Theology.” Communio Viatorum 53, no. 3 (December 31, 2011): 25–39.

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Athanasios N. Papathanasiou

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This article deals with the question of God’s salvific action outside the Church and traces answers given in ecumenical circles during the last century. Orthodox theology criticized Christomonism and triggered the rediscovery of the universal activity of the Spirit. However, some theological trends developed Pneumatology at the expense of Christology. The article argues that a synthesis of Christology and Pneumatology can give adequate answers, stressing the notion of the cosmic Christ and cosmic Holy Spirit. The work of Nicholas Cabasilas, a fourteenth-century Orthodox theologian, serves as an example of this kind of approach.

Keywords:

Holy Spirit - Cosmic Christ - Orthodox theology - Christomonism - Pneumatology - Baptism - Nicholas Cabasilas - Georges Khodr.

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Papathanasiou, Athanasios N. “If I Cross the Boundaries, You Are There!: An Affirmation of God’s Action Outside the Canonical Boundaries of the Church.” Communio Viatorum 53, no. 3 (December 31, 2011): 40–55.

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Jim Purves

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In this essay, we seek to engage with a Pentecostal understanding of the Holy Spirit through two stages of analysis. Firstly, we look at historic features of the Holy Spirit’s perceived presence and activity within Pentecostalism. From there we proceed to reflection on indicators and affects of the Holy Spirit as perceived from within Pentecostalism, noting some Pentecostal scholars’ critiques, before going on to examine whether these indicators and affects can be understood and described in a manner accessible to the language and conceptual framework of Constantinian Christianity. In the secondpart of the essay, we reflect on observations arising out of the first stage of analysis from within a context which, whilst being experientially Pentecostal, is voiced from a European, Reformed, dogmatic framework that seeks dialogue within a wider global context. We seek to identify the critical foci that can be found in the rehearsed Pentecostal perspective on the Holy Spirit, and conclude by examining whether we can further develop expression and language more adequately inclusive of Pentecostal appreciation and experience of the Spirit of God.

Keywords:

Holy Spirit - Pentecostal Theology - Constantinian Christianity - experience - eschatology.

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Purves, Jim. “Water, Fire & Wind: Visiting the Roots of Pentecostal Pneumatology.” Communio Viatorum 53, no. 3 (December 31, 2011): 56–73.

Author:

Ivan Landa

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Review of the book: KRÜGER, Malte D. Göttliche Freiheit: Die Trinitätslehre in Schellings Spätphilosophie.

Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, 2008. ISBN: 9783161495335.

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Landa, Ivan. “Göttliche Freiheit: Die Trinitätslehre in Schellings Spätphilosophie.” Communio Viatorum 53, no. 3 (December 31, 2011): 74–86.

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Kristýna Obrdlíková

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Review of the book: STEENBERG, Matthew C. Irenaeus on creation: the cosmic Christ and the saga of redemption. .

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008. ISBN: 9789004166820.

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Obrdlíková, Kristýna. Book review: Matthew C. Steenberg, “Irenaeus on Creation: The Cosmic Christ and the Saga of Redemption.” Communio Viatorum 53, no. 3 (December 31, 2011): 87–90.

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Ivana Noble

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Rview pf the book: MORRILL, Bruce T. Divine Worship and Human Healing: Liturgical Theology at the Margins of Life and Death. Collegeville : Liturgical Press, 2009. ISBN: 9780814662175.

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Noble, Ivana. Book review: Bruce T. Morrill, “Divine Worship and Human Healing: Liturgical Theology at the at the Margins of Life and Death.” Communio Viatorum 53, no. 3 (December 31, 2011): 91–94.