Christ, the Christian, and the Church A Study of the Incarnation and Its Consequences

includes index and biblioraphy

1. The Incarnation of the Word of God ............1 the Re-creation of Human Nature by the Incarnation of the Word..............1 The Classical terminology of the Incarnation .......5 The Taking up of Manhood into God ..............8 Is the Incarnation possible ..........11 The Incarnation and the impassibility of God ..............14 Creation and Incarnation compared .........16 The Two Natures................20 2. Some Modern Discussions of Christology ..........23 The kenotic tendency ......23 The Christology of Charles gore ..........26 Westorn`s The one christ ........28 Dr. Relton`s Study in Christology ...........33 Christology and Psychology ..............38 The Apostles creed and Quicunque vult..........42 Fr. Thornton`s The Incarnate Lord ...............44 3. Godhead and Manhood in Christ .............48 The exaltation of Christ`s Manhood ............48 The problem of Christ`s Human Knowledge .........53 Infused knowledge and Human Consciousness ..........56 Comparison with Mysticism ..................61 4. Incarnation and Atonement ..................68 The Incarnation and the Cross................68 Manhood universal and particular .........71 Christ our Representative ............73 5. Incorporation into Christ............77 Man`s Re-Creation in Christ ............77 Imputation and impartation ............79 The new Birth of Baptism..............83 Man`s Deliverance in Christ .............88 6. The Results of Incorporation ...........92 The Three heavenly unities ..........92 Man`s Life in God and His Share in God`s Eternity ....................97 The problem of Eschatology ..........101 7. The Mystical Body of Christ........109 Incorporation into Christ the Basis of the Church ..........109 The Church`s Share in God`s Eternity ............115 The Church`s Growth and Structure .........118 The bride of Christ ................124 The Church and the Blessed virgin Mary ..............130 8. The Restoration of Unity .............135 The Renovation of Man ............135 Man`s Restoration to God and to Himself .............139 THe Gathering of Mankind into Unity in the Church ..........142 The Resurrection of the Body and the Re-creation of the World ..........146 The Church and the world ...........149 The church a Sacramental Unity ................152 9. The Sacrament of Unity - I ............158 Worhsip and the Eucharist .........158 The Eucharist the Offering of the World ...........................164 The Eucharist- Calvary or Heaven ...........167 10. The Sacrament of Unity - II........173 11. The Sacrament of Unity -III...............187 12. Prayer in the Mystical Body .....................201 13. Theology in the Mystical Body ...............228