عنوان

Nisi per Spiritum sanctum-The Holy Spirit and the Confession of Faith

Number

LA117199

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انگلیسی

Title Proper

Nisi per Spiritum sanctum-The Holy Spirit and the Confession of Faith

General Material Designation

[Article]

First Statement of Responsibility

Philip G. Ziegler

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Leiden

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Brill

Text of Note

The confession of faith in the lordship of Jesus Christ may be considered the originary practice of the Christian life. As such it recommends itself as a primary site at which to investigate the relation between the agency of the Holy Spirit and human activity. Focusing on 1Cor. 12:1-3, which identifies the act of the Spirit as the sine qua non of Christian confession, we examine its importance within the theological setting of Paul's apocalyptic gospel in order to illumine classical Reformed debates about the nature of faith and 'effectual calling' in relation to the act of publicly confessing faith in Christ. Recognition of the Spirit as the present power of God's eschatological reign, militant to shape reality, to win and secure faith, and to move women and men to a free creaturely acknowledgment of the same, proves essential to understanding the act of confessing the faith. The confession of faith in the lordship of Jesus Christ may be considered the originary practice of the Christian life. As such it recommends itself as a primary site at which to investigate the relation between the agency of the Holy Spirit and human activity. Focusing on 1Cor. 12:1-3, which identifies the act of the Spirit as the sine qua non of Christian confession, we examine its importance within the theological setting of Paul's apocalyptic gospel in order to illumine classical Reformed debates about the nature of faith and 'effectual calling' in relation to the act of publicly confessing faith in Christ. Recognition of the Spirit as the present power of God's eschatological reign, militant to shape reality, to win and secure faith, and to move women and men to a free creaturely acknowledgment of the same, proves essential to understanding the act of confessing the faith.

Date of Publication

2014

Physical description

347-356

Title

Journal of Reformed Theology

Volume Number

8/4

International Standard Serial Number

1569-7312

Subject Term

1Corinthians 12:1-3

Subject Term

confession

Subject Term

effectual calling

Subject Term

faith

Subject Term

Holy Spirit

Philip G. Ziegler

Call Number

10.1163/15697312-00804002

Electronic name

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[Article]

275578

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