In this volume, Gunton develops his conception of Christian Doctrine. Each essay addresses a topic of central importance in Trinitarian theology, ranging from the knowledge of God to the Christian sacraments. Together they reflect in particular on an increasing interest in the doctrine of the Holy Spirit and its bearing on the structure of the doctrine of the Trinity and its various sub-themes of Christology and soteriology etc.
“The second set of perils derives from the opposite tendency, which is using the doctrine to validate, on” (Page 24)
“The Spirit’s distinctive inner-trinitarian being is oriented not on inwardness, but on otherness: as perfecter both of the eternal divine communion—in which there is real distinction, otherness—and of God’s love for the other in creation and redemption.” (Page 86)
“First, it remains the case that any identification of God apart from Jesus of Nazareth is in danger of becoming an abstraction.” (Page 26)
“ All this is done without in the least wanting to suggest that the unity of God is in any way impugned” (Page 12)
“And that is something Irenaeus did not really do, tending simply to place the two hands side by side” (Page 81)