Contents
Introduction: Development as Meaning in Trinitarian Doctrine
1. Fourth-Century Trinitarian Theology: History and Interpretation
Before Nicaea
The Early Stages of Controversy
Crisis and Resolution
Categories and Interpretation
2. Development of Trinitarian Doctrine: A Model and Its Application
Common Experience at the Threshold of Nicaea
Trinitarian Theologians of Unity of Will
Trinitarian Theologians of Unity of Being
3. Athanasius: The Crucified Lord and Trinitarian Deification
The Divinity of the Crucified and the Christian Story of Salvation
Constructing a Trinitarian Hermeneutics
Nicaea and the Dialectic of Scripture and Doctrine
Theology of the Holy Spirit
Christian Life in the Trinity
4. Gregory of Nyssa: The Infinite Perfection of Trinitarian Life
The Doctrine of Against Eunomius
A Trinitarian Systematic Theology of the Catechetical Oration
Theology of the Holy Spirit
Defining the Trinity? Three Hypostaseis, One Ousia
Christian Life in the Trinity
5. Augustine's De Trinitate: Trinitarian Contemplation as Christological Quest
Augustine's Trinitarian Epistemology
Scriptural Exposition of God as Trinity
The Trinitarian Image in Humanity
Human Certainty and Seeing the Trinity
Conclusion: Retrieving the Systematic Scope of Nicene Theology
Indexes
