Verö entlicht auf Englisch. Unter dem wachsenden Ein uss, den östliche und westliche Theologen aufeinander nahmen, haben einige moderne Übersetzer der Bibel die Soteriologie des Paulus als Theosis oder Vergöttlichung beschrieben. Im Zusammenhang damit erforscht Ben C. Blackwell die anthropologische Reichweite der Soteriologie des Paulus, um festzustellen, wie hilfreich diese Charakterisierung ist. Anhand der Wirkungsgeschichte der Paulusbriefe untersucht er erst die Texte zweier griechischer Rezipienten des Paulus-Irenaeus und Cyril von Alexandria-um zu verdeutlichen, wozu Vergöttlichung führt und um zu ermitteln, welche paulinischen Texte sie verwendeten, um ihre soteriologischen Auslegungen zu stützen. Die Analyse konzentriert sich dann auf die paulinische Soteriologie, die in Römer 8 und 2. Korinther 3-5 (mit Exkursen zu anderen Abschnitten) zum Ausdruck kommt und erforscht, wie Gläubige Christus' Sterben und Leben, sein Leiden und seine Herrlichkeit, im Geist verkörpern. Blackwell schließt mit einem Vergleich zwischen der Vergöttlichung, wie sie von diesen beiden griechischen Theologen dargestellt wurde und der paulinischen Soteriologie, wobei er die umfangreichen Überschneidungen ebenso erwähnt wie die wesentlichen Unterschiede.
Paul enigmatically describes humanity's universal sinfulness in Rom. 3.23 as a lack of 'the glory of God'. Interpreters have tried to situate the lack of this glory in various contexts: ancient honour discourse, ancient Jewish Adam traditions, and Paul's ethical discourse. To interpret this passage, this article utilizes the literary context of glory language throughout the letter. From this we find that glory denotes not only elevated honour, but also incorruption. Thus, the lack of glory in 3.23 refers to mortality and shame as the result of sin. In addition, this study of glory has implications for the burgeoning interest into the question of theosis with regard to Pauline theology.
In Col 2:9–10, Paul makes a striking statement about Christ and those who believe in him: "in him all the fullness of deity dwells bodily, and you are filled in him." With the parallel use of πλήρωμα and πληρόω, Paul wants readers to see a connection between Christ's fullness and believers' filling. By providing a close reading of chaps. 2–3, I demonstrate that Colossians gives one of the clearest accounts in the NT of what was later termed "theosis," or deification. This deifying transformation is Christologically shaped, such that the repeated emphasis of Paul's letter is embodying Christ's death and life. After demonstrating the argument exegetically, I then explore how this reading coheres with patristic views of deification and whether it nullifies the Creator-created distinction.
In Col 2:9–10, Paul makes a striking statement about Christ and those who believe in him: "in him all the fullness of deity dwells bodily, and you are filled in him." With the parallel use of πλήρωμα and πληρόω, Paul wants readers to see a connection between Christ's fullness and believers' filling. By providing a close reading of chaps. 2–3, I demonstrate that Colossians gives one of the clearest accounts in the NT of what was later termed "theosis," or deification. This deifying transformation is Christologically shaped, such that the repeated emphasis of Paul's letter is embodying Christ's death and life. After demonstrating the argument exegetically, I then explore how this reading coheres with patristic views of deification and whether it nullifies the Creator-created distinction.
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