Table of Contents

Contents Dedication Contents Acknowledgments Foreword: Ecumenical Reception of Ecumenical Perspectives on the Filioque. Steven R. Harmon List of Contributors 1. Introduction: Ecumenical Perspectives and the Unity of the Spirit. Myk Habets Part 1: The Filioque in Context: Historical & Theological 2. The Filioque: A Brief History. A. Edward Siecienski 3. Theological Issues Involved in the Filioque. Paul D. Molnar 4. The Filioque: Reviewing the State of the Question, with some Free Church Contributions. David Guretzki Part 2: Developments in the Various Traditions 5. The Eternal Manifestation of the Spirit ‘Through the Son’ According to Nikephoros Blemmydes and Gregory of Cyprus. Theodoros Alexopoulos 6. The Spirit from the Father, of himself God: A Calvinian Approach to the Filioque Debate. Brannon Ellis 7. Calvin and the Threefold Office of Christ: Suggestive Teaching Regarding the Nature of the Intra-Divine Life? Christopher R.J. Holmes 8. The Baptists ‘And The Son’: The Filioque Clause In Noncreedal Theology. David E. Wilhite 9. Baptized in the Spirit: A Pentecostal Reflection on the Filioque. Frank D. Macchia Part 3: Opening New Possibilities: Origin, Action, & Intersubjectivity 10. Lutheranism and the Filioque. Robert W. Jenson 11. On Not Being Spirited Away: Pneumatology and Critical Presence. John C. McDowell 12. The Filioque: Beyond Athanasius and Thomas Aquinas: An Ecumenical Proposal. Thomas Weinandy 13. Beyond the East/West Divide. Kathryn Tanner 14. Getting Beyond the Filioque with Third Article Theology. Myk Habets Index

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This volume focuses on the theological issues surrounding the filioque controversy.

About the Author

Myk Habets is the Head of Carey Graduate School, Carey Baptist College, New Zealand, and a Baptist minister. He is senior editor of Pacific Journal of Baptist Research associate editor of Participatio and an editorial board member of Journal of Theological Interpretation.

Reviews

[This] collection will be of great benefit to anyone interested in trinitarian theology and in theologically informed ecumenical dialogue.
*Theological Studies*

Habets invited great authors and organized an excellent argument.
*Horizons*

... Myk Habet's volume is an excellent addition to the literature on the filoque.
*Irish Theological Quarterly*