Cover
Contents
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
List of Short Titles in The Works of John Owen
Chapter 1
Introducing the Case for Christological Agency
I. Introduction
II. Agency’s Case
A. The Prominence and Promise of Agency
1. The Prominence of Agency Language and the Need for Clarity
2. The Promise of Agency Language
B. The Premises and Parameters of Agency
1. The Premises and Theological Commitments
2. Definitional Parameters
III. Classical and Reformed Christological Commitments
A. Classical Conciliar Affirmations
1. Unity of Identity
2. Distinct Capacities
B. Classical Trinitarianism
C. Reformed: Integrity of Christ’s Human Nature
D. Reformed: Sola Scriptura
E. John Owen (1616–83) as Representative and Principal Witness
1. The Historical Location of Owen as a Witness
2. The Form of His Testimony
3. Material Attention to Trinitarian and Christological Action (esp. in Terms of Agency)
4. The Contemporary Significance of His Testimony
IV. Contemporary Christology and Prima Facie Liabilities
A. Social Trinitarianism and Three Independent Agents
B. Spirit Christology and the Holy Spirit as Executing Agent
C. Divine Passibility and Divine Limitation
D. Parallelism and Two Christological Agents
E. Strong Instrumentality and Lack of Human Activity
V. Conclusion
Chapter 2
The Evidence of Trinitarian Action from John Owen
I. The Ontology of the Triune God
A. The Essential Unity of the Triune God
1. Simplicity and Pure Act
2. Divine Attributes (Especially Impassibility)
3. One Will
B. The Distinction of Triune Persons
1. Divine Relations and Persons
2. Begotten of the Father
3. From the Father and the Son (Filioque)
C. Summary
II. The Operations of the Triune God
A. The Unity of Divine Agency
1. Singular Agency
2. Principle of Operation
3. Indivisible Operations
4. The Triune Agent (Singular)
B. The Distinctions of the Divine Agents-in-Relation
1. Operations Ad Extra Mirroring Relations Ad Intra
2. Divine Missions
3. Appropriations
4. The Dogmatic Necessity of Three Distinct Agents-in-Relation (Plural)
C. Summary
Chapter 3
The Evidence of Christological Agency from John Owen
I. The Ontology of the Mediator
A. One Person
1. Assumption and Hypostatic Union
2. The Triune Shape of the Son’s Assumption
3. The Role of the Spirit in the Assumption
4. An/Enhypostatic Union
5. Communication of Attributes
B. Two Natures
1. Humanity Not Divinized (Extra Calvinisticum)
2. Divinity Not Humanized
3. Two Essential Properties (Dyothelitism)
II. The Operations of the Mediator
A. Single Agent
1. Acts of One Theandric Agent
2. The Son, the Mediator
3. Principium Quo/Quod
B. Distinct Agencies
1. Two Principles of Operation
2. Immediacy
3. Human Agency and the Holy Spirit
III. Summary
Chapter 4
Divine Agency: Coherence and Prudence
I. Trinitarian, Divine Agency
A. Causal Acts: God as Single Agent with Singular Agency
B. Proper Actions and Personal Modes of Acting
C. Appropriated Actions
II. Simple, Divine Agency
A. Simple Agency
B. Constant Agency
III. Divine Agency in Scripture: Romans 5:8
A. Singular Divine Agency
B. Filial, Shared Divine Agency
C. Distinctly Divine Agency
IV. Theological and Pastoral Prudence
V. Summary
Chapter 5
Human Agency: Coherence and Prudence
I. Ordinary, Distinct Human Agency
A. Belief: Finite Knowledge
B. Desire: Christ’s Human Will
C. Anointed by the Spirit
II. Dependent
A. Agency and Dependence: Instrumentality
B. Perspectives on Agency
III. Human Agency in Scripture: Hebrews 5:7-10
A. Rhetorical Structure and Pastoral Function of Heb. 5:7-10
B. The One That Had Days without Flesh Who Prays (5:7)
C. The Forever-Priest Who Dies (5:6, 7d, 10)
D. The Son Who Learns Obedience (5:8)
E. The Source of Eternal Salvation Who Is Perfected (5:9)
F. Summary
IV. Theological and Pastoral Prudence
A. Christ as a Sympathetic Model to Imitate
B. Christ’s Obedience as Human
V. Conclusion
Chapter 6
The Theandric Agent: Unity and Distinction
I. The Theandric Unity of the Agent
A. Christ, the Theandric Mediator in Reformed Christology
B. Precedents for Theandric Unity: Historic and Contemporary
C. Historic Analogy of Theandric Action
II. Distinct Agencies and Distinct Effects
A. Distinct Effects
B. Simultaneous Operations
III. Objection! The Charge of Nestorianism
A. Do Two Agencies Imply Two Agents?
B. Four Agents of Divine Action?
IV. Pastoral and Theological Significance: Theandric Priestly Action
V. Summary
Chapter 7
Conclusion
I. Summary
II. Liabilities and Proximate Positions
III. Future Research
IV. Closing Statement
Bibliography
Index

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