The Son of God Beyond the Flesh: A Historical and Theological Study of the Extra Calvinisticum

228 Pages·2014·1.318 MB·English

by  Andrew M. McGinnis

Contents
Acknowledgments viii
Abbreviations ix
Note on Translations xiii
1 Introduction 1
2 Cyril of Alexandria on the Transcendence of the Incarnate Son 15
3 Thomas Aquinas on the Incarnational Descent
and the Presence of the Whole Christ 47
4 Christology, the Lord’s Supper, and the extra Calvinisticum
in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-century Reformed
and Lutheran Polemics 73
5 Zacharias Ursinus on the extra humanum and Its Benefits 93
6 The Eclipse of the extra in Modern Christology 125
7 Paths of Recovery: Contemporary Approaches to the
extra Calvinisticum 149
8 Conclusion 181
Bibliography 191
Index 209
T&T Clark Studies in
Systematic Th eology
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John Webster
Ian A. McFarland
Ivor Davidson
Volume 29

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Th e Son of God Beyond the Flesh
A Historical and Th eological Study
of the extra Calvinisticum
Andrew M. McGinnis
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For all my teachers,
beginning with my parents
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Acknowledgments
In the fi eld of publishing today, an author is almost always dependent upon,
and therefore indebted to, many people that he or she has never met. I, thus,
owe a debt of gratitude to several people that I hope to meet someday and
thank in person. Among these are John Webster, who graciously recommended
my work for this series, and Anna Turton and the staff of Bloomsbury T&T
Clark, who shepherded me through the publishing process with patience
and professionalism. I also wish to thank Oliver Crisp — whom I also hope
to someday thank in person — who served as the external reader of this work
when it was in its earlier form as a doctoral dissertation.
Among those whom I have had the privilege of knowing personally are my
professors in the doctoral program at Calvin Th eological Seminary — and particularly
my dissertation advisor, Ronald Feenstra — to whom I am grateful for their
instruction, collegiality, and the way in which they modeled academic excellence.
Special thanks to professors Lyle Bierma and David Rylaarsdam for graciously
serving as readers of this work at the dissertation stage. I am also grateful to many
friends and colleagues for their scholarly camaraderie, advice, encouragement, and
Christian fellowship. Among these are Dariusz Bry ć ko, Paul Fields, James Joiner,
Stefan Lindblad, Jon Marko, Ryan Noppen, Laurence O ’ Donnell, Amos Oei, Todd
Rester, and Ted Van Raalte. In particular, I wish to thank Albert Gootjes and Jordan
Ballor for their encouragement during the publication process.
My wife, Melisa, has confi rmed for me what was said of a certain man long
ago — “ it is not good for man to be alone ” — and has gone above and beyond
that by making life not merely good, but also truly beautiful.
Lastly, from my earliest years and up through high school, college, seminary,
and doctoral studies, I have been blessed with the discipleship and instruction
of home, church, and school. Th is discipleship and instruction has come from
family members, mentors, teachers, pastors, and professors. With thanks
to God, and in recognition that I have been trained and shaped by so many
people, I dedicate this work to all of my teachers, beginning with my parents.
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Abbreviations
ACO E. Schwartz (ed.), Acta Conciliorum Oecumenicorum
(4 vols; Berlin: W. de Gruyter, 1914 – 40).
CPG M. Geerard (ed.), Clavis Patrum Graecorum (5 vols;
Turnhout: Brepols, 1973 – 98).
CTJ Calvin Th eological Journal
EvT Evangelische Th eologie
Greg Gregorianum
GTJ Grace Th eological Journal
IJST International Journal of Systematic Th eology
JEH Journal of Ecclesiastical History
JTS Journal of Th eological Studies
LCC Library of Christian Classics
LQ Lutheran Quarterly
NA2 7 E. Nestle, et al. (eds.), Novum Testamentum Graece
(Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelstift ung, 27th edn, 1993).
NPNF(2) P. Schaff and H. Wace (eds.), A Select Library of Nicene and
Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church (2nd series,
14 vols; New York: Christian Literature Co., 1890 – 1900;
repr., Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1952).
OECS Oxford Early Christian Studies
PG J.-P. Migne (ed.), Patrologiae cursus completus: Series Graeca
(166 vols; Paris: Petit-Montrouge, 1857 – 83).
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