The Triune God : : Doctrines, Volume 11 / / Bernard Lonergan; Robert Doran, S.J., H. Daniel Monsour.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Lonergan, Bernard,
• HerausgeberIn: Doran, S.J., Robert,; Monsour, H. Daniel,
• MitwirkendeR: Shields, Michael G.,; Doran, Robert M.,
• TeilnehmendeR: Shields, Michael.
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2021]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Collected Works of Bernard Lonergan ; 11
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (880 p.)

Written in Latin for students at the Gregorian University in Rome, Bernard Lonergan's De Deo Trino (The Triune God) is a monumental two-part examination of trinitarian theology published initially in 1961 and again, in revised form, in 1964. The first part, the pars dogmatica, is here translated into English in an edition that includes the original Latin on facing pages. The work begins with the Prolegomena, which traces the dialectical development of trinitarian doctrine by Christian thinkers from the time of the New Testament to the Council of Nicea (AD 325). Following is a discussion of five theses outlining the evolution of the principal features of trinitarian doctrine from the New Testament through the patristic era. Along with its companion volume on systematics, The Triune God: Doctrines represents the most comprehensive treatment of trinitarian theology in recent centuries. This English translation ensures that Lonergan's masterpiece will at last be available in its entirety to contemporary readers.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- General Editors' Preface -- Translator's Note -- LATIN TEXT / ENGLISH TRANSLATION -- Praefatio / Preface -- Introductio / Introduction -- PARS PRIMA Praemittenda / PART 1 Prolegomena -- PARS ALTERA Theses Quinque / PART 2 Five Theses -- Thesis 1: God the Father neither made his own and only Son out of preexisting matter nor created him out of nothing, but from eternity generates him out of his own substance as consubstantial with himself -- Thesis 2: The Holy Spirit, Lord and Life-giver, who proceeds from the Father and who spoke through the prophets, is to be adored and glorified together with the Father and the Son -- Thesis 3: Thus, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit have one divinity, one power, one substance; they are, however, three hypostases or persons distinguished from one another by their proper attributes, which are relative; hence in God all things are one where there is no relational opposition -- Thesis 4: The Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son as from one principle and by a single spiration -- Thesis 5: The dogma of the Trinity, which is a mystery in the proper sense, cannot through natural human principles be either understood in itself or demonstrated from an effect. Even after revelation this remains true, although reason illumined by faith can, with God's help, progress towards some imperfect analogical understanding of this mystery -- Appendices -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography of Modern Authors -- Index