Theology in Reconciliation: Essays towards Evangelical and Catholic Unity in East and West
Overview
Dealing with the issue of church unity and the ecumenical movement, Professor Torrance reminds Christians in a collection of essays that any theology which is faithful to the gospel must be a theology of reconciliation.
Top Highlights
“Athanasius entirely rejected the cosmological and epistemological dualism of Hellenism, Gnosticism and Origenism” (Page 217)
“As far as I understand Athanasius, however, he stands squarely in the tradition of Irenaeus, and develops the biblical-theological understanding of the Gospel which we see reflected in his works, and in the works of others of the same school of thought, such as Melito of Sardis.” (Page 215)
“the office of servant or slave, which Christ assumed for our sakes, is defined in paying worship.1” (Page 113)
- Title: Theology in Reconciliation: Essays towards Evangelical and Catholic Unity in East and West
- Author: Thomas F. Torrance
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Print Publication Date: 1996
- Logos Release Date: 2018
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Christian union; Theology
- ISBNs: 9781579100230, 1579100236
- Resource ID: LLS:LGYRCNCLTN
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T20:13:49Z
Thomas F. Torrance (August 30,1913–December 2, 2007) was a Protestant Christian theologian and professor of Christian dogmatics for 27 years at the University of Edinburgh. Torrance was influential in the dialogue between science and theology.
He began studying in Edinburgh in 1931, focusing on classics and philosophy. At that time his own realist views of philosophy, theology, and morality started to develop, and they continued to do so as he moved to the study of theology at the Faculty of Divinity in 1934. From 1939 to 1940 Torrance studied at Oriel College, Oxford. He was ordained as minister on March 20, 1940.
He has authored several works, including Divine and Contingent Order, Ground and Grammar of Theology, and The Christian Doctrine of God, One Being Three Persons. Besides writing many books and articles, Torrance also translated several hundred theological writings into English from other languages, including the thirteen-volume, six-million-word Church Dogmatics of the Swiss theologian Karl Barth (co-edited with G.W. Bromiley).