Divine Immutability

Occasioned by the nineteenth-century kenotic christological controversy, Isaak Dorner's essaywhich is here completely translated into English for the first timeremains one of the most extensive historical, philosophical, and theological treatments of immutability to date. Dorner was initially attracted to kenoticismthat the incarnation as a divine self-divestment implies that God undergoes changebut rejects it in Part One.

Part Two is a historical survey of the classical doctrine from the patristic period to Schleiermacher which shows the longstanding connection between divine immutability, God's goodness, and soteriology. Dorner concluded that this formulation was not mistaken, but extreme and one-sided, making positive relations between God, time, and history implausible.

Part Three offers Dorner's reconstruction.

Author: Isaak August Dorner
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishing
Published: 09/05/2000
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 8.47h x 5.52w x 0.57d
ISBN: 9780800632137

About the Author
Dorner, Isaak August: -

Isaak August Dorner (1809-1884) is best known for his histories of Christian doctrine, including his five-volume History of the Development of the Doctrine of the Person of Christ (1846-1856).

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