vii, 153 pages ; 21 cm
From the first days of the church, Christians confessed their faith in Jesus Christ in both theological discussion and in popular hymns of devotion. After the major church councils from Nicaea to Chalcedon brought clarification and definition to Christological doctrines, the hymns began to express clearly this belief in Jesus as truly God and truly human. Were the new Christological doctrines deductively developed and imposed by the councils? Or did they arise from the beginning out of the faith of the Christian community as known by its prayers and worship? Father Liderbach shows that pre-Nicaean hymns inductively held in tension both the full humanity of Jesus and his more-than-human status. Then during the councils from Nicaea to Chalcedon, deductive doctrine held sway in the new hymn compositions. But the final definition by Chalcedon encouraged new hymns in which humanity and divinity are once again held in experiential tension according to the "rule of faith" of the earliest period
Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-151) and index
Christology in worship -- The significance of hymns : the rule of faith -- Early hymns : a preface to a dialectical interpretation of the meaning of Christ Jesus -- The pre-Nicaean hymns concerning Christ and the belief expressed in those early hymns -- The early church's declarations about Christ in its hymns -- The development of the controversies leading up to Chalcedon : the dialectic between Antioch and Alexandria -- The need for tensive dialectic to express mystery -- The tensive approach to Christ Jesus

Daniel Liderbach

United States, United States of America

New York N.Y, cop. 1998

PS, 1998

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 140-151) and index.

Explores how the expression of people's personal faith influenced doctrine concerning Christology in the early centuries of the church.

2023-06-28