Nicean Theology. Lewis Ayres’ Historic-Systematic Interpretive Proposal
Robert Józef Woźniak
Pontifical University of John Paul II in Kraków , Polandhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3419-1514
Abstract
The subject of this article is the interpretation of Nicene theology proposed by Lewis Ayres in his monograph Nicaea and its Legacy. The main part here is an analytical presentation of two important moments of Ayres' proposal. First, it is a matter of isolating the common features of the multiplicity of interpretations that arose after the Nicaean event, which is necessary to maintain the existence of the historical phenomenon of a theology that could be generally described as Nicaean. Secondly, in accordance with the author's initial intention, the previously extracted set of essential and characteristic features of Nicean theology will be repositioned as a universal paradigm for Trinitarian theology and systematic theology in general. The article will conclude with a preliminary assessment of the achievements of the contribution of Ayres' approach, especially from the perspective of the work of a systematic theologian. This will articulate our author's essential belief in the unity of theological systematics, dogmatics and historical theology. Ayres, therefore, does not propose some rigid inanimate return to Nicaea, but portrays it as an event that defines an essential feature of the theologian's workshop.
Keywords:
Lewis Ayres, paradigme, trinitarian theology, pro-niceanism, historical theology, dogmatics, exegesis, patrologyReferences
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