This is obviously an offshoot from his research for his book on the
Trinity. It doesn't have the impact that his Trinity book does but is
still a fascinating work. It is amazing to me to see these doctrines
worked out over time and then be held to tenuously by a few faithful
theologians during times of heretical push. The best sections were
discussion on the hypostatic union (Christ the Son's union with man by becoming completely man) and that of deification of
believers and the Eastern and Western ideas of that. The sections on
baptism and the Lord's Supper were also really good and I'd like to read
more on those topics. I had to read quite slowly to take in some of the
ideas. It is also amazing how important these deeper theological
aspects of Christianity are for the believer in practical everyday life.
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