Anti-Nestorianism and Anti-Pelagianism

Aaron Riches’s book Ecce Homo brought to my attention fascinating connections between soteriology and Christology in the fourth and fifth centuries. I’m not really surprised that the Christological debates of this period were connected with the Western controversy over Pelagian “works righteousness,” a major concern of the Regensburg Forum (here, here, etc.). Besides the integrated character of… Read More Anti-Nestorianism and Anti-Pelagianism

The Rejuvenation of Theosis in Lutheran Scholasticism

by Joshua C. Benjamins Tuomo Mannermaa and his followers in the New Finnish School have made a forceful case that Luther’s doctrine of justification has at its heart the idea of actual participation in the divine life through union with Christ. Mannermaa also argues that Lutheranism subsequent to Luther lost the Reformer’s emphasis on the… Read More The Rejuvenation of Theosis in Lutheran Scholasticism