affections, 141
Alexandrian tradition, 10, 60, 70, 77-80, 82. 91-95. 98, 145, 164
allegory. See exegesis: allegorical
Anomoians, 177, 179
anthropology, 105, 157
antinomians, 262
Antiochene tradition, 60, 70, 77-80, 91, 95, 145, 239 anti-Semitism, 108 apologetics, 221-23
Arianism, 64, 131, 160, 164-67, 175-76, 183-86 asceticism, 32, 190, 208 Asian tradition, 98, 100 astronomy, 135-37
authorial intent, 18, 28-29, 82n1, 111, 122, 233, 238 Augustine and, 48-50 and divine purpose, 252 moving beyond, 39n31, 88 authorship, 191n9, 219n2 divine, 151
baptism, 2, 87, 90-91, 101, 216
beatific vision, 43, 155n123
Beatitudes, the, 249-59, 264-72
Becoming, 273-74, 276
Being, 273-74, 276
Bible. See Scripture
biblical interpretation. See exegesis
blessedness, 271-72
body, the, 105, 125, 198-99, 208
canon, 23n86, 39-41, 187-88, 219n2, 235 of truth. See rule of faith Catechism, Catholic, 2n6 Chalcedon
Council of, 254 Definition of, 236
Christology, 76, 82, 89, 92, 96, 116, 122, 123, 125n77, 148, 161, 176 and prophecy, 223-26 church, the, 148, 182, 207-8, 271
as the body of Christ, 24, 115-18, 152-53, 251 as the people of God, 193-202 purity of, 210, 212 sacraments of, 2, 215-16
in Song of Songs, 213, 218 unity of, 118
circumcision, 108, 249, 268 Communion. See Eucharist compositional structure, 153-57 condescension. See synkatabasis Constantinople, Council of, 166 contemplation (theoria), 255-56, 258 cosmology, 144, 157 covenant, 194. See also marriage creation, 163-64, 173-75 accounts, 27, 32, 44-45, 52 care of, 12n41
deification, 262 desires. See passions doctrine, 28, 53, 110, 159-86. 279 Documentary Hypothesis, 28 dualism, 188, 209 body and soul, 189, 198
Easter, 92
ecclesiology. See church, the
economy, 166, 168-69, 171-75■ 180-82, 185, 192, 217 of types, 192-93, 198 emotion, 132-33, 141, 144-47 Enlightenment, the, 134
eternal generation of the Son, the, 150, 162-64, 180, 183, 186 etymology, 97-98
Eucharist, 2, 90-91, 92, 102, 115n37, 216-17 evil, 43
exegesis, 5, 228, 250
allegorical, 24, 77, 81-82, 102-4, 112-14, 127-28, 187-90, 217 and Andrew Louth, 275 of Augustine, 45, 51-53 Christological basis for, 13n44 of deed and word, 89n20 of Gregory of Nyssa, 38, 181-83, 255 of Hippolytus, 193-98 of Irenaeus, 13-17, 287 of John the Apostle, 88
of Origen, 30-31, 60, 79, 99-100, 105-6, 114, 198-208 and typology, 95
anagogical (upward-leading), 10, 102, 103, 184, 208, 251, 258 arbitrary, 81, 82n1, 100, 103, 114, 256 associative, 39-40, 180-82, 242-44
christological, 148-53, 169, 179, 183, 206, 231-37, 240-41, 244, 247, 278 ecclesial, 190, 205, 207-8, 212 historical, 6, 18, 221, 275 and the academy, 22 of Gregory of Nyssa, 156-57 of Hobbes and Spinoza, 8-11
and Jerome, 240
of Origen, 29, 102, 105199-200 .26־122 .8־ of Song of Songs, 188 incarnational, 105-29
Jewish, 63, 89, 101, 108, 111, 178, 190, 195-97, 236■ 239-40, 279 literal, 27-54, 60, 77, 101, 111, 118, 183, 186, 199-201 moral. See exegesis: tropological partitive, 170-71■ 175-76, 184-85 patristic, 12, 18-23, 39-42, 81-82, 95, 273, 276-78 and the exodus, 90 and fundamentalism, 28n1 and Isaiah, 237, 247 and the Psalms, 131, 151-52, 157 and Song of Songs, 189 and trinitarian dogma, 160 and virtue, 263-64 personal, 205-8, 212 prosopological, 152-53 purpose of, 266
sacramental, 1-2, 12-14, 61, 160, 183-84 of Ambrose, 209 of Athanasius, 167 of Augustine, 51 characteristics of, 17-23 of Origen, 9, 102, 106, 122 spiritual, 22, 27, 43, 102, 103, 105, 159-86, 249-51 theological, 17, 20n74, 169, 277
tropological, 95n39, 105-6, 122, 184, 190, 206, 208, 251 typological, 13n44, 13n45, 15, 23-25, 77, 82-92, 94-95, 249 of Ambrose, 215-17 of Athanasius, 142 of Augustine, 53 of Cyril of Alexandria, 239-40 and Edward Pusey, 223-24 of Gregory of Nyssa, 142 of Hippolytus of Rome, 98, 192 of Irenaeus, 195 of Leo the Great, 254-55 of Melito of Sardis, 98, 103 of Origen, 103 exodus, the, 69, 84-103, 155
faith, 235, 245 Feast of Epiphany, 237
genre, 6, 168-69, 176, 177, 184, 226 gifts of the Spirit, 267-68 glory of God, 71, 87, 237 gnosticism, 109-11 harmony, 132-53, 157-58 hermeneutics, 9, 100, 145, 160, 232-33, 276
of recapitulation, 14-17 sacramental, 12-13, 179. 185 history, 112, 123-25. 192-93. 247. 258 of salvation, 166, 193, 208 Holy Spirit, gifts of the, 267-68 hospitality, 56, 58-59, 65-80
image of God, the, 114-15■ 118, 140, 173 imputation, 261
incarnation, 80, 135. See also exegesis: incarnational Athanasius on, 171-74 Augustine on, 149 Cyril of Alexandria on, 239 Gregory of Nyssa on, 180 Hippolytus on, 194 John Chrysostom on, 71 Marcellus on, 166 Origen on, 62, 109, 113-17 intention. See skopos Israel, 196-98, 204
justice, 265-66 justification, 260-62
liturgy, 82n1, 83, 90, 92, 102, 215, 236 Logos, 113-20, 140, 144, 163-67, 207, 245, 258
Manicheism, 43-45, 49-50 marriage, 194-95 materialism, 218, 276
meaning, 8, 16-22, 39n31, 113-14, 134, 175-79, 233-34 multiplicity of, 256-58 metaphysics, 3, 5-6, 9-12, 37, 132, 144, 276 method, 5, 277
moralism, 19n68, 95, 260, 262n48 music, 132-53, 157-58. See also singing liturgical, 141, 158 overtone (i.e., harmonic) series, 136
mystery (mysterion/mysterium), 93-97, 102, 111-12, 119-22, 192, 238, 278. See also sacramentum
Neoplatonism, 170, 253, 276 New Testament, 124, 250-52 Nicaea, Council of, 164 Nicene Creed, 236 Nicene tradition, 64, 160-67, 183 nominalism, 6, 11, 96, 260-62 nostalgia, 17n60
Ockham’s razor, 186 Old Testament, 108-10, 225-26, 249-50 law, 129, 229, 249, 254
and the sacramental presence of Christ, 101, 103, 119, 151, 278
ontology, sacramental. See sacramental ontology Oxford Movement, 220n4 panentheism, 274 pantheism, 8
participation, 1092 .11־n29. 99, 154, 174272 .63־261 ,244 ,223 .75־
passions, 141, 206, 213
Passover, the, 84-104
Pelagianism, 262
philoxenia, 58-59
Platonism, 10-11■ 15n55, 36n23, 37, 105, 132-40, 144, 157-58, 253, 258, 276 predestination, 123-24
prophecy, biblical, 219-22, 225, 231, 237, 241, 247 nuptial texts as, 195 Psalms as, 151
providence, Divine, 23-24, 163, 220, 247-48 Pythagorean tradition, 135-36, 139, 144, 157
Quartodecimans, 93, 98-99
rationalism, 221
reality (res), 12, 53, 103, 184-85, 260 Christological, 15, 17, 95-96, 178 eschatological, 37 Gregory of Nyssa on, 178 Origen on, 61, 79-80 of prophecy, 220, 225, 240, 243, 247 spiritual, 78, 94, 101
real presence, 12, 24, 103, 113, 119, 136, 221, 224, 260, 278
reason, 141
recapitulation, 14-17
reception history. See Wirkungsgeschichte
reification, 134
ressourcement, 273-78
rest, everlasting, 46
resurrection
of Christ, 87, 230 eschatological, 34-36, 118, 268 righteousness, 262, 265-66 rule of faith, 49, 83, 168, 176, 184
sacramental ontology, 12, 189, 279 sacramentality, 158, 273, 278 of history, 125, 127 of music, 134-35, 138, 144 of prophecy, 220, 223, 238, 247 of Scripture, 1, 51, 103, 119, 127, 217
sacramentum, 79, 93-94, 111-12, 118-22, 130, 178, 185, 220, 247, 260, 263 salvation, 259-63, 266, 271 history of. See economy Scripture, 94, 103, 105, 114, 192-93 authority of, 256
function of, 263-64, 266 inspiration of, 151
sacramentality of, 1 51, 103. 119. 127. 217 unity of, 39-40■ 110■ 161 usefulness of, 146 Sermon on the Mount, 86 sexuality, 31-34, 188-90, 195, 206-9, 218 Shekinah. See glory of God simul iustus etpeccator, 261 sin, 197, 206, 215, 259, 264 singing, 132, 140-44
skopos (intention/purpose/aim), 153-54, 156n132, 157, 170-71, 177, 184-85 sola gratia, 259-60
soul, the, 105, 113-14, 117-18, 125, 141-42, 207-9, 211 ascent of, 153-57 speech-act theory, 248 spirit (body, soul, and spirit), 105, 125 Spirit, gifts of the, 267-68 subjectivism, 60n12, 134n14
subordinationism, 65, 162, 166-67, 171, 175, 178, 186 suffering, 264-65
servant, 220-21, 224-31 supersessionism, 127-29 symbol, 260, 263 synkatabasis, 58-80 systematics. See theology
theology, 159, 171, 175 theophany, 57 at Mamre, 61-80
totus Christas, 116n40, 148, 152, 175 Tractarians, 220
Trinity, immanent, 169, 173, 181 Triune God, 52-53, 68, 160, 185, 245 truth, 275
violence, 107-11 virginity, 190, 208-13 and Mary, 210
virtue, 19-20, 75, 79, 143-47, 153-57, 258-71 in and through interpretation, 42, 263 vision, 79, See also beatific vision
Wirkungsgeschichte, 233-36 Wisdom, '39n31, 161, 179-80, 183-85 Athanasius on, 172-74 Augustine on, 54 Gregory of Nyssa on, 36 Hippolytus on, 192 Origen on, 4-5, 125, 163-67 Word. See Logos; Scripture
Yale school of interpretation, 226
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