...This chapter explains how Ussher conceived of sanctification as flowing inevitably out of union with Christ as one of the benefits of that union. It examines Ussher’s distinction between habitual righteousness, in which the heart is renewed by the Holy Spirit, and actual righteousness, manifest...

... on the reality of new righteousness in the Christian, his use of the Golden Rule, his view of the Holy Spirit’s eliciting love from faith, and more recently his view of gift and ‘divine sociality’. Others have explored the relationship of this position to that of Andreas Osiander and ‘union with Christ...

..., but this chapter rebalances the scales in relation to their covenant theology. The comparative evaluation focuses on four aspects of great importance for the original development of Reformed covenant theology in Zurich: covenantal continuity; covenant and union with Christ; covenant and sacraments; prelapsarian...

... initiated and shaped remained. Reformed Orthodoxy Reformed theology covenant union with Christ Heinrich Bullinger Huldreich Zwingli John Calvin Caspar Olevian Zacharias Ursinus Philip Melanchthon The close reading and intertextual approach offered in this study has shown for the first time...

... Gaelic language Holy Spirit Campbell John McLeod Herrmann Wilhelm Paul St atonement forgiveness New College Edinburgh Catholicism Roman kenosis self-reduction metamorphosis immutability speculation history faith union with Christ In its origins, what is called ‘kenotic Christology...

...Union with Christ is a crucial theme for Reformed soteriology with far-reaching implications in numerous areas, including the theology of the covenant, the sacraments, eschatology, and the outworking of the doctrine of grace as justification and sanctification in Christ. Through engagement...

... Strasbourg ‘union with Christ’ Büsser Fritz Loci communes Melanchthon Muller Richard A Schrenk Gottlob Holy Spirit letter–Spirit antithesis St Paul Paul apostle Billings J Todd Gentiles justification predestination righteousness sanctification Son of God Noah Wittenberg Heinrich Bullinger...

... responsible relation, as Erasmus was inclined to think, but a real and actual union with Christ in the Holy Spirit, koinonia/unio cum Christo in Spiritu sancto. The quality of a human being s life in this world and his/her eternal beatitude depends on whether his/her person is or is not in union with the Holy...

... Preface in union with Christ, receiving qualities to pursue virtuous living (Chapters 5 and 6). Secondly, this work argues that the power of this conversion and of the concrete ethical formation comes through Christian worship (Chapter 7). Through the means of grace and in the ethos of worship...

..., are possible solely because of the presence of the Holy Spirit in the believer. Justification means simultaneously (2a) the forensic declaration of the guilty non-guilty on the basis of the atonement by Jesus’ cross (favor), as well as (2b) a union with Christ in the Holy Spirit (donum...

..., and on the other hand, the grace of God in Christ. Through Christ’s interchange with humanity under the power of sin, to the point of death on a cross, humanity is set free from sin’s power and joined with Christ. apocalyptic union with Christ Bultmann Rudolf Martyn J Louis Sanders E P Schweitzer Albert...

... with the one or other aspect. Bullinger made union with Christ the ultimate 4 I speak of the old and new testaments (lowercase) when referring to the historical- redemptive character of God s relating to humankind. When referring to the canonical testaments, I use Old and New Testament (uppercase). 5 See, e.g...

...This chapter introduces Ussher’s thought on justification, focusing on its nature, its formal cause in the imputation of Christ’s righteousness, the spiritual union with Christ through which that righteousness is appropriated, and the instrumentality of faith in that union. Whilst one discovers...

...This chapter examines the elements of Paul’s doctrine of union with Christ not considered in previous chapters, with particular reference to Galatians, 2 Corinthians, and Romans. The study engages with the apocalyptic approach to Paul, affirming that the apostle does consider the Christ-event...

... in his theology of the union with Christ, this presupposes that God’s action is ontological, and that the finite realm participates in God. The same does not seem to be the case when gifts are given extrinsically. Vermigli holds both theses, insisting that human beings can receive the gift of grace only...

... Testament writers on their own terms. It argues that the intellectual virtue is cast as a particular expression of the broader Christian virtue of humility, which proceeds from the believer’s union with Christ, through which personal identity is reconstituted by the operation of the Holy Spirit. Hence, we...

...Christian Character Formation: Lutheran Studies of the Law, Anthropology, Worship, and Virtue. Gifford A. Grobien, Oxford University Press (2019). © Oxford University Press. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198746195.003.0005 Research in the area of union with Christ by the Finnish Luther...

... Michael J Hansen Walter joint attention Stump Eleonore Nelson Hilde Lindemann Nichols Shaun Strohminger Nina apocalyptic Gospel union with Christ occasionalism narrative identity Chrysostom Beverly Gaventa Douglas Campbell Susan Eastman Thomas P. Flint Paul’s declaration at the conclusion...

... of knowledge concerning predestination, and that this revelation teaches that God decreed in eternity to save particular individuals. Few references in his writings to broader aspects of soteriology all have a common theme with the union of Christ. Bradford J Edward VI Free Will Men predestination Bible...