Christian Prophecy: The Post-Biblical TraditionOxford University Press, 19 d’abr. 2007 - 440 pàgines Throughout the Hebrew Bible, God guides and saves his people through the words of his prophets. When the prophets are silenced, the people easily lose their way. What happened after the incarnation, death and resurrection of Christ? Did God fall silent? The dominant position in Christian theology is that prophecy did indeed cease at some point in the past -if not with the Old Testament prophets, then with John the Baptist, with Jesus, with the last apostle, or with the closure of the canon of the New Testament. Nevertheless, throughout the history of Christianity there have always been acclaimed saints and mystics -most of them women-who displayed prophetic traits. In recent years, the charismatic revival in both Protestant and Catholic circles has once again raised the question of the place and function of prophecy in Christianity. Scholarly theological attitudes toward Christian prophecy range from modest recognition to contempt. Mainstream systematic theology, both Protestant and Catholic, has mostly marginalized or ignored the gift of prophecy. In this book, however, Niels Christian Hvidt argues that prophecy has persisted in Christianity as an inherent and continuous feature in the life of the church. Prophecy never died, he argues, but rather proved its dynamism by mutating to meet new historical conditions. He presents a comprehensive history of prophecy from ancient Israel to the present and closely examines the development of the theological discourse that surrounds it. Throughout, though, there is always an awareness of the critical discernment required when evaluating the charism of prophecy. The debate about prophecy, Hvidt shows, leads to some profound insights about the very nature of Christianity and the church. For example, some have argued that Christianity is a perfect state and that all that is required for salvation is acceptance of its doctrines. Others have emphasized how God continues to intervene and guide his people onto the right path as the full implementation of God's salvation in Christ is still far away. This is the position that Hvidt forcefully and persuasively defends and develops in this ambitious and important work. |
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Pàgina vii
... word of the prophet has a particular function in that faith is essentially understood as hope in Him who will come: a word of faith is always the realization of the faith, especially in its structure of hope, because it leads hope on ...
... word of the prophet has a particular function in that faith is essentially understood as hope in Him who will come: a word of faith is always the realization of the faith, especially in its structure of hope, because it leads hope on ...
Pàgina viii
... words of Saint John of the Cross—when God has spoken in person there is nothing more to add. Nothing more about the ... Word. But this very wholeness of God's giving of himself—that is, that He, the Logos, is present in the flesh—also ...
... words of Saint John of the Cross—when God has spoken in person there is nothing more to add. Nothing more about the ... Word. But this very wholeness of God's giving of himself—that is, that He, the Logos, is present in the flesh—also ...
Pàgina 3
... words of a king in ancient Israel who in frustration cried out for a prophetic word as he and his people found themselves in threatening political circumstances. Prophecy continued to be a means by which God guided and saved his people ...
... words of a king in ancient Israel who in frustration cried out for a prophetic word as he and his people found themselves in threatening political circumstances. Prophecy continued to be a means by which God guided and saved his people ...
Pàgina 5
... word, and one form in which the word often came to these communities was through prophets and prophetesses. They reminded them not merely that ''in the beginning was the word'' but also that God would have the last word.11 One of the ...
... word, and one form in which the word often came to these communities was through prophets and prophetesses. They reminded them not merely that ''in the beginning was the word'' but also that God would have the last word.11 One of the ...
Pàgina 6
... Word in the church who also speaks through his prophets. From this perspective, the telos, or aim and ultimate goal of ... words to the people of God for their edification. Thus, their fundamental traits are similar, especially in the ...
... Word in the church who also speaks through his prophets. From this perspective, the telos, or aim and ultimate goal of ... words to the people of God for their edification. Thus, their fundamental traits are similar, especially in the ...
Continguts
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3 Prophecy and History | 35 |
4 Prophecy and Revelation | 123 |
5 Prophecy and the End of Revelation | 185 |
6 Prophecy and Tradition | 217 |
7 Prophecy and Sociology of Religion | 251 |
8 Prophecys Status and Types of Faith | 271 |
9 Prophecy and Truth | 285 |
10 General Conclusion | 303 |
Notes | 313 |
References | 375 |
Index | 401 |
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Christian Prophecy: The Post-Biblical Tradition Niels Christian Hvidt Previsualització limitada - 2007 |
Christian Prophecy: The Post-Biblical Tradition Niels Christian Hvidt Previsualització limitada - 2007 |
Christian Prophecy: The Post-Biblical Tradition Niels Christian Hvidt Previsualització limitada - 2007 |
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