SPIRIT CHRISTOLOGY: A PENTECOSTAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE TRINITARIAN DISCOURSE

Abstract Applying the methodology of Third Article Theology to the doctrine of eschatology enables the development of a nuanced understanding of the church’s journey through time. Just as Spirit Christology has revealed insights into Christ’s humanity and growth, similarly a Spirit eschatology informs an understanding of the church’s transformation and development. Such a Spirit eschatology complements rather than replaces the more common christologically focused eschatologies, painting a picture of the Spirit working through but not being beholden to the church, leading us in cruciform lives that echo Christ’s overarching metanarrative.

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Indwelling without the indwelling Holy Spirit: a critique of Ray Yeo’s modified account

Journal of Analytic Theology ◽

10.12978/jat.2019-7.100824101711 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 7 ◽

pp. 124-141

Author(s):

Kimberley Kroll

Keyword(s):

Holy Spirit ◽

Human Person ◽

Viable Alternative ◽

Jonathan Edwards ◽

Modified Model ◽

William Alston ◽

The Core ◽

The Holy Spirit ◽

Direct Union ◽

Spirit Christology

In 2014, Ray Yeo published a modified account of the Spirit’s indwelling in “Towards a Model of the Indwelling: A Conversation with Jonathan Edwards and William Alston.” Yeo utilizes a conglomerate of Two-Minds Christology and Spirit Christology to provide a metaphysical framework for his model which he believes offers a viable alternative to more traditional merger accounts like those of Edwards and Alston. After providing an overview of Yeo’s objections to the merger accounts of Alston and Edwards, I will summarize Yeo’s modified model. I will argue Yeo’s emphasis on the humanity of Christ in lieu of a literal, internal, and direct union of the Holy Spirit and the human person cannot alleviate the core metaphysical concerns which surface in all accounts of union between the divine and human. Yeo’s misunderstanding of Two-Minds Christology leads him to deny the full humanity of Christ; a humanity upon which his entire account of the indwelling relies. Yeo’s modified model will be shown unsuccessful as an account of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit even if one accepts both his conception of Two-Minds Christology and his conditions for indwelling.

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Christ and the Spirit: Spirit-Christology in Trinitarian Perspective. Ralph Del Colle

The Journal of Religion ◽

10.1086/489947 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 77 (1) ◽

pp. 159-160

Author(s):

Linda L. Gaither

Keyword(s):

Spirit Christology

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Revisiting Christian Oeyen: "The Other Clement" on Father, Son, and the Angelomorphic Spirit

Vigiliae Christianae ◽

10.1163/157007207x186060 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 61 (4) ◽

pp. 381-413

Author(s):

Bogdan Bucur

Keyword(s):

The Other ◽

Spirit Christology

AbstractThis article contributes to research on Clement of Alexandria's pneumatology by revisiting and expanding upon Christian Oeyen's oft-neglected study Eine frühchristliche Engelpneumatologie bei Klemens von Alexandrien, published in 1966. It argues, first, that a study of Clement's Pneumatology cannot ignore the surviving portions of Clement's Hypotyposes (especially the Excerpta ex Theodoto, Eclogae Propheticae, and Adumbrationes), because these appear to have included treatises "On Prophecy" and "On the Soul." Secondly, it reaffirms Oeyen's thesis that Clement of Alexandria's Pneumatology is best understood within the framework of early Jewish and Christian speculation on the "first created" angelic spirits (πρωτó;κτιστoι). The article advances the discussion by providing a context for Clement's "angelomorphic Pneumatology": this phenomenon is part of a larger theological articulation, occurring in tandem with Spirit Christology and a marked binitarian orientation.

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