On the Tree of the Cross: Georges Florovsky and the Patristic Doctrine of Atonement
"Thou hast redeemed us from the curse of the Law by Thy precious Blood. By being nailed to the Cross and pierced with the Spear, Thou hast poured immortality on mankind. O our Saviour, glory to Thee. " — Troparion for Holy Friday. “Atonement” is a contested but inescapable term in contemporary English-language theological discussion. The doctrine of atonement has received little attention in Orthodox Christian circles since the work of Fr Georges Florovsky, who labored to clarify and promulgate the Orthodox teaching on atonement on the basis of his theological leitmotifs of neo-patristic synthesis and encounter with the West. Florovsky saw the doctrine of the person of Christ as the key to apprehending the pattern and the unity of God’s redemptive work. Hence he always sought to follow the Church Fathers in weaving together the themes of creation and fall, incarnation and atonement, deification and redemption, and liturgy and asceticism, in the variegated yet seamless robe of true theology. The present volume is inspired by Florovsky’s legacy. It is composed of two parts. The first is a collections of papers on atonement by contemporary theologians from a patristic symposium in honor of Florovsky held at Princeton Theological Seminary and Princeton University in 2011. The second part is a collection of writings on atonement by Florovsky himself, including previously unpublished manuscripts and other works otherwise hard to access. This book offers incisive and informed neo-patristic voices to any contemporary discussion of atonement, thus responding to the perennial legacy and task to which Fr Georges Florovsky exhorted Orthodox theological reflection.
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On the Tree of the Cross: Georges Florovsky and the Patristic Doctrine of Atonement
"Thou hast redeemed us from the curse of the Law by Thy precious Blood. By being nailed to the Cross and pierced with the Spear, Thou hast poured immortality on mankind. O our Saviour, glory to Thee. " — Troparion for Holy Friday. “Atonement” is a contested but inescapable term in contemporary English-language theological discussion. The doctrine of atonement has received little attention in Orthodox Christian circles since the work of Fr Georges Florovsky, who labored to clarify and promulgate the Orthodox teaching on atonement on the basis of his theological leitmotifs of neo-patristic synthesis and encounter with the West. Florovsky saw the doctrine of the person of Christ as the key to apprehending the pattern and the unity of God’s redemptive work. Hence he always sought to follow the Church Fathers in weaving together the themes of creation and fall, incarnation and atonement, deification and redemption, and liturgy and asceticism, in the variegated yet seamless robe of true theology. The present volume is inspired by Florovsky’s legacy. It is composed of two parts. The first is a collections of papers on atonement by contemporary theologians from a patristic symposium in honor of Florovsky held at Princeton Theological Seminary and Princeton University in 2011. The second part is a collection of writings on atonement by Florovsky himself, including previously unpublished manuscripts and other works otherwise hard to access. This book offers incisive and informed neo-patristic voices to any contemporary discussion of atonement, thus responding to the perennial legacy and task to which Fr Georges Florovsky exhorted Orthodox theological reflection.
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"Thou hast redeemed us from the curse of the Law by Thy precious Blood. By being nailed to the Cross and pierced with the Spear, Thou hast poured immortality on mankind. O our Saviour, glory to Thee. " — Troparion for Holy Friday. “Atonement” is a contested but inescapable term in contemporary English-language theological discussion. The doctrine of atonement has received little attention in Orthodox Christian circles since the work of Fr Georges Florovsky, who labored to clarify and promulgate the Orthodox teaching on atonement on the basis of his theological leitmotifs of neo-patristic synthesis and encounter with the West. Florovsky saw the doctrine of the person of Christ as the key to apprehending the pattern and the unity of God’s redemptive work. Hence he always sought to follow the Church Fathers in weaving together the themes of creation and fall, incarnation and atonement, deification and redemption, and liturgy and asceticism, in the variegated yet seamless robe of true theology. The present volume is inspired by Florovsky’s legacy. It is composed of two parts. The first is a collections of papers on atonement by contemporary theologians from a patristic symposium in honor of Florovsky held at Princeton Theological Seminary and Princeton University in 2011. The second part is a collection of writings on atonement by Florovsky himself, including previously unpublished manuscripts and other works otherwise hard to access. This book offers incisive and informed neo-patristic voices to any contemporary discussion of atonement, thus responding to the perennial legacy and task to which Fr Georges Florovsky exhorted Orthodox theological reflection.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781942699286
Publisher: Holy Trinity Publications
Publication date: 09/01/2020
Edition description: Second edition
Pages: 166
Sales rank: 1,087,552
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Matthew Baker (+2015) was adjunct professor in Theology at Hellenic College/Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology and received his Ph.D. posthumously from Fordham University. He was a priest in the Orthodox Church. Seraphim Danckaert is Director of Mission Advancement at St Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary and currently a Ph.D. candidate in theology at the Amsterdam Centre of Eastern Orthodox Theology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He is a reader in the Orthodox Church. Nicholas Marinides is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Theology at the University of Basel. He is a reader in the Orthodox Church. 

Table of Contents

Preface 9

Abbreviations 15

Part 1 Proceedings of the First Annual Symposium of the Fr Georges Florovsky Orthodox Theological Society at Princeton

Introduction Marcus Plested 19

A Sacrifice for Life: Atonement in the Orthodox Liturgical Tradition Irenei Sternberg 25

Irenaeus on "Atonement" John Behr 43

Creation and Salvation in St Athanasius of Alexandria Khaled Anatolios 59

Theology of Salvation in St Gregory the Theologian John McGuckin 73

Atonement in the Ascetic Fathers Alexis Torrance 89

In Ligno Crucis: Atonement in the Theology of Fr Georges Florovsky Matthew Baker 101

Part II Georges Florovsky on Atonement, Unpublished and Republished Materials

Introduction Matthew Baker Seraphim Danckaert 129

In Ligno Crucis: Ad Lectorem Georges Florovsky 135

In Ligno Crucis: The church fathers' doctrine of redemption interpreted from the perspective of Eastern Orthodox theology Georges Florovsky 143

Redemption (Précis of a Planned Book) Georges Florovsky 153

The Stumbling-Block Georges Florovsky 157

Contributors 165

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