Book contents
- The Cambridge History of Ancient Christianity
- The Cambridge History of Ancient Christianity
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- List of Contributors
- Editors’ Preface
- Part I Contested Contexts
- Part II Contested Figures
- Part III Contested Heritage
- Part IV Contested Cultures
- Part V Contested Beliefs
- 19 Contesting Creator and Creation
- 20 The Trinity in the Making
- 21 Resurrection, Transformation, and Deification
- 22 The Eucharist in the First Three Centuries
- 23 Office, and Appointment to Office, in Early Christian Circles
- Part VI Contested Bodies
- Ancient Sources
- Modern Authors
- References
20 - The Trinity in the Making
from Part V - Contested Beliefs
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 August 2023
Book contents
- The Cambridge History of Ancient Christianity
- The Cambridge History of Ancient Christianity
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- List of Contributors
- Editors’ Preface
- Part I Contested Contexts
- Part II Contested Figures
- Part III Contested Heritage
- Part IV Contested Cultures
- Part V Contested Beliefs
- 19 Contesting Creator and Creation
- 20 The Trinity in the Making
- 21 Resurrection, Transformation, and Deification
- 22 The Eucharist in the First Three Centuries
- 23 Office, and Appointment to Office, in Early Christian Circles
- Part VI Contested Bodies
- Ancient Sources
- Modern Authors
- References
Summary
In recent decades, the letter “r” has dominated literature on the doctrine of the Trinity. Numerous articles, edited volumes, and monographs begin with the claim that trinitarian doctrine is undergoing a renaissance, revival, restoration, revolution, ressourcement, reemergence, resuscitation, or rehabilitation.1 Such assertions find their footing in the recognition that trinitarian theology is not a complex theology that few engage, but is the foundation for all theology. The doctrine of the Trinity – God as one ousia or being and three hypostases or persons – is how early Christians, and the church still today, make sense of their experience of God.
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