Dissertations on Subjects Connected with the Incarnation
Overview
Delivered as part of the Bampton Lectures in the University Church of Oxford during Lent in 1891, Dissertations on Subjects Connected with the Incarnation lays out Gore’s understanding of the Incarnation in light of modern textual criticism. Gore essentially defends the classical understanding of the doctrine, with one important deviation. Gore espouses a kenotic (from the Greek word for “emptying”) understanding of the Incarnation. The concept is taken from Paul’s use of the word kenosis in Philippians 2:7, where he says that Christ “emptied himself, and took the nature of a servant.” Gore argued that Christ, though still God, had given up some of the qualities of the godhead when he became man. This is especially true as it concerns knowledge. When Jesus spoke of such things as the flood or Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch, he was speaking with limited, human knowledge and could therefore be incorrect or mistaken. Gore also deals with other topics, such as the Virgin Birth and Transubstantiation.
- Title: Dissertations on Subjects Connected with the Incarnation
- Author: Charles Gore
- Publisher: John Murray
- Print Publication Date: 1895
- Logos Release Date: 2013
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Incarnation; Transubstantiation; Virgin birth
- Resource ID: LLS:DSSRTINCRNTNGORE
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-11T18:28:46Z