The Mystery of Trinity: The Relevance and Importance of the Most Holy Trinity in the Christian Arena Based on the Writings of Hans Urs Von Balthasar

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1. The significance and the Scriptural understanding of the Mystery of Trinity Holy Trinity as Mystery ...............19 The Significance of the Doctrine of Trinity Today ..23 Holy Trinity, the Perfect Community ................25 The Trinity in the Bible ......39 New Testament revelation of the Trinity ........42 The lived Faith of the Early Church .......46 Trinity Before the council of Nicaea.......50 The Alexandrians ..........56 The Cappadocian Fathers ..........60 2. The Theology of God the Father and the Son According to Balthasar The Theology of God the Father According to Balthasar .......75 The Three Elements of Dramatic Realization ...........84 The Revelation of the Trinitarian Father According to Balthasar ..............88 Christ`s Kenosis and the Economic and Immanent Trinity ......93 Procession and Mission .......97 The Trinitarian grounding of Jesus Sacrifice ......106 Theology of God the son: The Fundamental Themes in Balthasar`s Christology .......110 The word made Flesh systematic Explorations in Theology .......121 Jesus, the Form of God ..........125 Human being : Called to have patricipation in Christ ..........126 Descent into Hell : The Mystery of Holy Saturday ....139 Going to Father : Easter-Revelation of the Trinity .........147 3. The Trinitarian revelation of God the Holy Spirit The mutual indwelling of the Holy trinity ........158 Holy Spirit as love ......159 The person of the Holy Spirit ........163 The Characteristics of the Holy Spirit......164 Christ the Pneumatophor- Carrier .......165 4. The Relevance of the Trinity in Ecclesiology and in Mariology The Church - the Icon of the Trinity .........202 Balthasar`s Vew on Church ........206 The Fourfold Offices in the church .....208 The Trinitarian Origin of the Church ....210 The triune nature of Authority in the Church ......212 Body of Christ - Bride of Christ: Ecclesiology ...214 Eucharist and the Church ......215 Trinity , Creation and the church ........221 Christ as the Concretization of the Triune God in the Church ..........222 Ecclesiology and Mariology ....223 The Mariology of Balthasar and Trinity ..224 Trinitarian Reference to Mariology ........228 Mary Stands out in the Communion of Saints .......242 5. The Importance of the Trinity in Religious vocation, Vows, Prayer and Gender differences in Christian Arena The Relevance of Trinity in Religious Vocation ......247 Three States of Life ........251 Subjective and Objective Factors .......252 Acceptance of the Call ...253 Rejection of the Call .....254 Discernment of God`s Call .....256 Self-Discovery through the Trinitarian Drama of Mission ..........257 Trinitarian Relevance of Consecrated life Today ......258 The Relevance of Trinity and Religious Vows .........259 The Relevance of Trinity in Christian Prayer Life .........263 Prayer and Hypostatic Union ............268 The triadic structure of Prayer ......270 The prayer as the Reflection of Revelation in the Church .............272 The relevance of the Trinity in Contemporary feminist Theology ..........276