A Contemporary View on the Immanent and Economic Aspects of Selected Trinitarian Terminology of the Creed

Lech Wołowski

doi:10.18290/rt2024.17

Published : 2024-12-31

Vol. 71 No. 4 (2024)

A Contemporary View on the Immanent and Economic Aspects of Selected Trinitarian Terminology of the Creed

Lech Wołowski

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2012-1267

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18290/rt2024.17

Abstract

The article examines the immanent and economic aspects of selected Trinitarian terminology of the Creed. The analysis is focused on six expressions arranged in three groups. The first concerns the omnipotence of God the Father, the “almighty” (παντοκράτωρ) “creator” (ποιητής). The second regards the incarnation of the Son of God “the only begotten” (μονογενής), who “took flesh” (σαρκωθέντα) and “was made man” (ἐνανθρωπήσαντα). The third considers the action of the Holy Spirit “the giver of live” (ζωοποιός). The novelty of this approach consists in re-reading of the ancient conciliar texts in the context of the overall development of Christian reflection with a special emphasis on contemporary dogmatic thought (mainly of H. de Lubac and H. U. von Balthasar). The main results include: a clear distinction between immanent almightiness and economic creative omnipotence of God the Father (section 1), a deeper understanding of the correspondence between Christological and Mariological aspects of the mystery of incarnation (section 2) and a new perspective on immanent dimension of the characteristics of the Holy Spirit as the giver of life (section 3).

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Creed, immanent Trinity, economic Trinity, almightiness, incarnation, giver of live

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