Acknowledgements |
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Introducing T.F. Torrance |
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T.F. Torrance, Theologian of the Trinity: The Centrality of the Doctrine of the Trinity in Torrance's Theology |
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31 | (42) |
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36 | (3) |
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39 | (5) |
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44 | (4) |
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Imageless Thinking of God |
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48 | (6) |
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54 | (5) |
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Onto-relational Understanding of Person |
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59 | (2) |
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61 | (4) |
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65 | (2) |
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Torrance's View of the Relationship of the Immanent and Economic Trinity |
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67 | (3) |
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70 | (3) |
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God the Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth |
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73 | (28) |
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Understanding Creation through the Incarnation |
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85 | (8) |
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Torrance's New Natural Theology |
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93 | (8) |
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Jesus Christ, the Incarnate Word, Homoousion with the Father and with Us in our Humanity |
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101 | (36) |
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Torrance's Rejection of Ebionite and Docetic Christology |
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105 | (6) |
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The Incarnation as an Act of Love |
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111 | (6) |
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The Incarnation as an Act of Life |
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117 | (2) |
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119 | (1) |
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The Incarnation Means Light, Truth |
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120 | (4) |
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The Receptacle or Container Concept of Space and Time |
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124 | (13) |
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Atonement: Incarnation and Reconciliation Are One in Jesus Christ |
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137 | (50) |
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Atonement as a Personal Act |
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142 | (5) |
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147 | (12) |
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159 | (9) |
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Torrance's View of Justification |
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168 | (6) |
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John Knox and the Scots Confession |
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174 | (13) |
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187 | (32) |
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The Interrelationship between Incarnation, Atonement and Pentecost |
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189 | (8) |
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Torrance's Understanding of Theosis |
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197 | (4) |
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The Holy Spirit in the Life of the Trinity |
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201 | (5) |
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The Holy Spirit and God's Self-Communication |
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206 | (3) |
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The Holy Spirit Who Proceeds from the Father through the Son |
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209 | (3) |
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The Procession of the Holy Spirit and the Filioque |
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212 | (2) |
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The Problem with the Cappadocian Solution to the Filique and Torrance's Solution |
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214 | (5) |
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Resurrection and Ascension: Implications for Humanity in Light of Redemption and Eschatology |
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219 | (46) |
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221 | (2) |
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Effects of Dualism on Understanding the Resurrection |
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223 | (3) |
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The Resurrection and the Person of Jesus |
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226 | (1) |
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Resurrection, Incarnation and Atonement |
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227 | (2) |
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229 | (1) |
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230 | (4) |
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Resurrection and Virgin Birth |
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234 | (5) |
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The Nature of the Resurrection |
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239 | (7) |
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The Ascension and Eschatology |
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246 | (4) |
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The Nature of the Ascension |
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250 | (3) |
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253 | (6) |
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259 | (6) |
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Torrance's Trinitarian Understanding of the Church, Sacraments and Ministry |
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265 | (60) |
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The Church Grounded in the Trinity and its Existence in Israel |
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266 | (3) |
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Rejection of Dualism and Legalism |
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269 | (4) |
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The Spirit and the Church |
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273 | (2) |
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The Church as a Body of Justified Sinners |
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275 | (4) |
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The Church as a Community of Reconciliation |
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279 | (3) |
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Torrance's View of Grace in Relation to the Roman Catholic View |
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282 | (5) |
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Prophet, Priest and King and the Sacraments of Baptism and the Lord's Supper |
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287 | (8) |
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Torrance's Understanding of the Sacraments |
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295 | (1) |
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295 | (11) |
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306 | (19) |
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Considering Some Criticisms of T.F. Torrance's Theology |
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325 | (26) |
Conclusion |
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351 | (2) |
Selected Bibliography |
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353 | (8) |
Name Index |
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361 | (4) |
Subject Index |
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