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	<title>Comments on: Bulgakov Blog Conference, Day 4</title>
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	<description>Catholic Anglican Reflections on Theology and Culture</description>
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		<title>By: Henry Karlson</title>
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		<dc:creator>Henry Karlson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Scott,

Sorry it&#039;s taken so long to reply (many things going on at once). I will try to keep this short and so it will not be a full answer, but it should at least point out the direction I would take things.

First, &quot;theological development&quot; the implication is dogmatic development and not just mere theological opinions. Certainly there has been various ideas which have gone around which could be seen as &quot;development&quot; but if they have not entered into the mainstream theological consciousness, so far they are &quot;dead ends.&quot;

Second, the question is more Christology proper and not soteriology. Anselm really addresses the second more than the first, though of course, dealing slightly with Christology. The question of primary importance is the person of Christ, who he is, and how the natures relate in that one unity. And, though I do like St Anselm (don&#039;t get me wrong), I do think some of his &quot;development&quot; is actually the reverse -- this is controversial and in many ways, can&#039;t be defended in a brief response, but where I see the evidence of this is how I read St Anselm on the will. 

Third, obviously ecumenical statements would be great (and there has been some work done there, of late), but it doesn&#039;t even have to be there. Dogmatic development seems to moved from Christology to soteriology, and the questions that early Christology have found more prominence of late (and I think it is because the question of the historical Jesus has brought back questions on Christ&#039;s humanity ).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Scott,</p>
<p>Sorry it&#8217;s taken so long to reply (many things going on at once). I will try to keep this short and so it will not be a full answer, but it should at least point out the direction I would take things.</p>
<p>First, &#8220;theological development&#8221; the implication is dogmatic development and not just mere theological opinions. Certainly there has been various ideas which have gone around which could be seen as &#8220;development&#8221; but if they have not entered into the mainstream theological consciousness, so far they are &#8220;dead ends.&#8221;</p>
<p>Second, the question is more Christology proper and not soteriology. Anselm really addresses the second more than the first, though of course, dealing slightly with Christology. The question of primary importance is the person of Christ, who he is, and how the natures relate in that one unity. And, though I do like St Anselm (don&#8217;t get me wrong), I do think some of his &#8220;development&#8221; is actually the reverse &#8212; this is controversial and in many ways, can&#8217;t be defended in a brief response, but where I see the evidence of this is how I read St Anselm on the will. </p>
<p>Third, obviously ecumenical statements would be great (and there has been some work done there, of late), but it doesn&#8217;t even have to be there. Dogmatic development seems to moved from Christology to soteriology, and the questions that early Christology have found more prominence of late (and I think it is because the question of the historical Jesus has brought back questions on Christ&#8217;s humanity ).</p>
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		<title>By: Scott</title>
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		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:44:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I take it that &#039;theological developments&#039; refers to ecumenical statements, or statements by regional statements (e.g., a roman catholic authoritative statement, etc.)? But if it refers to theological opinions of various masters of theology over the last ten centuries or so, I must beg to differ. What of Anselm&#039;s Cur Deus Homo? which has had a significant influence in the west? Or anything from scholastic theologians? Or, as The Bruce has mentioned, what of folks like Hegel? Perhaps one reason why there have not been such grand ecumenical statements is that it is very difficult to agree on particular metaphysical explications of the faith? It is one thing to look at theologian St. So-And-So&#039;s account of Christology, quite another to say, &#039;all Christians everywhere believe or must believe this particular metaphysics of the Incarnation&#039;. Even if I think, St. So-And-So&#039;s Christology is very helpful to my piety and sense of union with God in Christ-- should I propose that this particular metaphysical explication of Christology must be believe by all. This is why, I think, we have seen hardly any ecumenical statements on Christology for a long time. In fact, we find that ecumenical statements like Nicea don&#039;t represent all the views of self-described Christians (clearly not) at the time. Nevertheless, there might be certain metaphysics of the Incarnation that just don&#039;t work or cohere with other doctrines, so we reject those.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I take it that &#8216;theological developments&#8217; refers to ecumenical statements, or statements by regional statements (e.g., a roman catholic authoritative statement, etc.)? But if it refers to theological opinions of various masters of theology over the last ten centuries or so, I must beg to differ. What of Anselm&#8217;s Cur Deus Homo? which has had a significant influence in the west? Or anything from scholastic theologians? Or, as The Bruce has mentioned, what of folks like Hegel? Perhaps one reason why there have not been such grand ecumenical statements is that it is very difficult to agree on particular metaphysical explications of the faith? It is one thing to look at theologian St. So-And-So&#8217;s account of Christology, quite another to say, &#8216;all Christians everywhere believe or must believe this particular metaphysics of the Incarnation&#8217;. Even if I think, St. So-And-So&#8217;s Christology is very helpful to my piety and sense of union with God in Christ&#8211; should I propose that this particular metaphysical explication of Christology must be believe by all. This is why, I think, we have seen hardly any ecumenical statements on Christology for a long time. In fact, we find that ecumenical statements like Nicea don&#8217;t represent all the views of self-described Christians (clearly not) at the time. Nevertheless, there might be certain metaphysics of the Incarnation that just don&#8217;t work or cohere with other doctrines, so we reject those.</p>
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		<title>By: People called Hans Information</title>
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		<dc:creator>People called Hans Information</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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