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In Paul's letters, the participatory experience of Pauline Christians is never clarified and so it remains enigmatic. In this book, this Pauline enigma is addressed through a patristic lens involving a look at several patristic texts that may shed potential new light on the mystery of Pauline participation.
List of contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. Reading Pauline Participation through a Patristic Lens: Methodological Considerations
Chapter 1: The Methodological Challenge of Anachronism
Chapter 2: Reading Paul Through a Patristic Lens: Recent Examples
Part II. Pauline Participation in Its First Century Setting
Chapter 3: Paul's Language of ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿
Chapter 4: Participation "in Christ," Galatians 4:19, and Christ Formed "in" Believers
Chapter 5: Participation, the Spirit, and 1 Cor 3:16-17
Chapter 6: The Spirit and Participation in Romans 5:5 and 8:15
Chapter 7: A Synthesis of Findings on Pauline Participation
Part III. Participation in Patristic Writings: Forays into Patristic Participation: Select Passages From Irenaeus, Origen, Athanasius, and Cyril of Alexandria
Chapter 8: Patristic Participation and Its Function in Divinization
Chapter 9: Irenaeus and Participation in Against the Heretics, 3.18.7
Chapter 10: Origen and Participation in Commentary on Romans 5:5
Chapter 11: Athanasius and Participation in the Letter to Serapion 1.24
Chapter 12: Cyril of Alexandria, Commentary on Isaiah 4.2.
Chapter 13: A Summary of Findings on Patristic Participation
IV. Conclusions
Chapter 14: Patristic Writers in Dialogue with Paul
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
About the author
By Mark J. Goodwin
Summary
In Paul’s letters, the participatory experience of Pauline Christians is never clarified and so it remains enigmatic. In this book, this Pauline enigma is addressed through a patristic lens involving a look at several patristic texts that may shed potential new light on the mystery of Pauline participation.
