PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION |
xxi |
FOREWORD |
xxiii |
CHAPTER I: THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST A MYSTERY OF REDEMPTION |
1 |
1. WHAT THE OLD TESTAMENT HAS TO TELL US |
1 |
2. WHAT THE SYNOPTICS TELL US |
6 |
3. THE EARLIEST TEACHING |
10 |
4. THE THEOLOGY OF THE FOURTH GOSPEL |
13 |
i. THE BODILY HUMANITY |
14 |
i. THE PASSAGE THEME |
17 |
iii. EXPLICIT TEXT |
21 |
iv. CONCLUSIONS |
21 |
5. THE THEOLOGY OF ST.PAUL |
23 |
i. THE RESURRECTION AS ITS FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE |
24 |
ii. ROM.IV.25 |
25 |
iii. THE DEATH SALVIFIC IN THE RISEN CHRIST |
28 |
iv. SALVATION GIVEN IN THE RAISING ACTION OF GOD |
31 |
v. THE FRAMEWORK OF PAUL'S TEACHING |
32 |
vi. THE EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWS |
32 |
6. THE THEOLOGY OF ST. PETER |
33 |
CHAPTER II: INCARNATION, DEATH AND RESURRECTION |
35 |
1. ST.JOHN |
35 |
2. ST.PAUL |
40 |
i. CHRIST'S LIFE ON EARTH |
41 |
ii. THE PASSAGE TO LIFE IN HEAVEN |
48 |
iii. THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO PHASES |
53 |
iv. THE EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWS |
56 |
3. THE DEATH AND RESURRECTION IN THE FRAMEWORK OF SACRIFICE |
59 |
i. THE RESURRECTION, ACCEPTANCE OF THE SACRIFICE |
60 |
(a) Acceptance in the Old Testament |
60 |
(b) Acceptance in the New Testament |
62 |
ii. THE RESURRECTION, COMMUNION IN THE SACRIFICE |
72 |
(a) Communion in the Old Testament |
72 |
(b) Communion in the New Testament |
74 |
CHAPTERIII: THE RESURRECTION AS OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SIPRIT |
78 |
1. THE SYNOPTICS AND THE ACTS |
78 |
2. ST. JOHN |
79 |
3. ST. PAUL |
91 |
i. CHRIST RAISED BY THE SPIRIT |
91 |
(a) By the Spirit |
91 |
(b) By the Power which is the Spirit |
92 |
(c) By the Glory which is the Spirit |
94 |
ii. CHRIST TRANSFORMED BY THE SPIRIT |
98 |
(a) According to the Demands of the Spirit in Him |
98 |
(b) According to the Nature of the Spirit |
98 |
iii. THE RISEN CHRIST, SOURCE OF THE SPIRIT |
103 |
iv. SUMMING-UP |
105 |
CHAPTER IV: THE EFFECTS OF THE RESURRECTION IN CHRIST |
108 |
1. CHRIST THE LORD |
108 |
i. CHRIST THE LORD IN THE SYNOPTICS AND THE ACTS |
110 |
ii. CHRIST THE LORD IN PAUL'S EPISTLES |
113 |
(a) Universal Dominion |
113 |
(b) Lord of the World to Come |
115 |
(c) Lord of the Angels |
118 |
iii. CHRIST THE LORD IN THE APOCALYPSE |
121 |
2. MIGHTY SON OF GOD |
124 |
i. BIRTH AS SON |
125 |
ii. BIRTH IN THE SPIRIT |
127 |
iii. IGMAE OF THE FATHER |
128 |
iv. A LIFE FOREVER NEW |
130 |
v. ESTABLISHED IN POWER |
132 |
vi. THE FATHER'S HEIR |
133 |
vii. FULLY FREE |
134 |
viii. THE UNIVERSAL MAN |
135 |
3. THE PRIESTHOOD OF THE RISEN CHRIST |
136 |
i. THE EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWS |
136 |
(a) The Glory as the Decisive Phase of Christ's Priesthood |
136 |
(b) The Glory as a Priestly Consecration |
137 |
(c) Eternal Priest |
139 |
(d) Our Mediator in Heaven |
141 |
(e) High Priest in Heaven |
142 |
ii. THE APOCALYSPE |
146 |
iii. SUMMING-UP |
148 |
CHAPTER V: THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST, BIRTH OF THE CHURCH |
151 |
1. THE DATE OF THE CHURCH'S BIRTH |
151 |
i. THE SYNOPTICS |
151 |
ii. THE ACTS |
160 |
iii. ST.JOHN |
161 |
iv. THE SYMBOLISM OF EVENTS |
166 |
v. ST. PAUL |
168 |
(a) The Chirst of Easter, Head of the Church |
168 |
(b) The Glorified Body of Christ, Principle of the Church |
173 |
vi. SUMMING-UP |
184 |
2. THE PASSAGE FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT TO THE NEW IN THE DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF CHRIST |
186 |
i. THE RELATION BETWEEN GOD'S PEOPLE OF OLD TESTAMENT INTO THE CHURCH OF CHRIST |
187 |
ii. THE END OF THE OLD TESTAMENT PEOPLE |
193 |
iii. THE PASSING OF THE PEOPLE OF THE OLD TESTAMENT INTO THE CHURCH OF CHRIST |
195 |
CHAPTER VI: THE CHURCH'S LIFE IN THE RISEN CHRIST |
202 |
1. INDICATIONS OF A NEW LIFE IN THE SYNOPTICS AND THE ACTS |
202 |
2. THE NEW LIFE OF SEEN BY THE FOURTH GOSPLE |
204 |
3. THE NEW LIFE IN ST. PAUL |
209 |
i. THE NATURE OF THAT LIFE |
209 |
(a) In Christ |
209 |
(b) In the Spirit |
215 |
(c) With Christ |
220 |
ii. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CHURCH'S LIFE |
227 |
(a) Spiritual |
227 |
(b) Christlike |
227 |
(c) A life in Death |
228 |
(d) The Death of the Flesh |
228 |
(e) A new Race, neither Jew nor Greek |
230 |
(f) Sonship of God |
230 |
(g) The Dominion of the Church |
231 |
(h) Resurrection Space and Time |
232 |
(i) Power |
234 |
(j) Victim |
235 |
(k) Holiness |
236 |
(l) Unity |
237 |
(m) Grace in the Old Testament |
238 |
iii. THE NEW LIFE IN THE CONSCIOUSNESS AND CONDUCT OF THE FAITHFUL |
240 |
(a) A New Knowledge |
240 |
(b) A New Morality |
242 |
CHAPTER VII: THE GROGRESS AND CONSUMMATION OF THE PASCHAL MYSTERY IN THE CHURCH |
250 |
1. CHRIST'S RESURRECTION AS THE CONSUMMATION OF THE WORLD |
250 |
i. THE SYNOPTICS |
250 |
ii. THE ACTS |
255 |
iii. ST.PAUL |
256 |
iv. CHRIST, DISPENSER OF GOD'S JUSTICE |
258 |
v. THE FOURTH GOSPEL |
260 |
vi. THE Parousia IN HISTORY |
263 |
vii. THE THEOLOGY OF HISTORY IN THE APOCALYPSE |
267 |
2. TOWARDS THE TOTAL POSSESSION OF THE RISEN CHRIST IN THE PAROUSIA |
269 |
i. THE CHURCH LAGGING BEHIND THE RESURRECTION OF HER HEAD |
269 |
ii. THE CHURCH BEN UPON THE COMPLETION OF THE PASCHAL MYSTERY IN HERSELF |
275 |
iii. THE CHURCH BEN ON ATTAINING THE Parousia, WHEN THE PASCHAL MYSTERY WILL BE COMPLETED IN HER |
279 |
3. THE COMMUMATION OF THE EASTER MYSTERY IN THE CHURCH |
287 |
i. THE RESURRECTION OF MEN'S BODIES |
287 |
ii. THE REINTEGRATION OF THE MATERIAL UNIVERSE |
290 |
iii. THE LAST JUDGEMENT |
293 |
CHAPTER VIII: THE MEANS WHEREBY THE EASTER MYSTERY SPREADS OUTWARDS |
301 |
1. THE INSTRUMENTS OF THE RISEN CHRIST |
301 |
i. THE APOSTLES |
301 |
(a) The Synoptics |
301 |
(b) The Acts |
304 |
(c) St. John |
306 |
(d) St. Paul |
308 |
ii. THE SACRAMENTS |
311 |
(a) Baptism |
311 |
(1) The Synoptics |
311 |
(2) The Acts |
315 |
(3) St. John |
316 |
(4) St. Paul |
316 |
(b) The Eucharist |
319 |
(1) The Last Supper and the Breaking of Bread |
320 |
(2) The Meaning of the Eucharist: |
324 |
(a) The Presence of the Glorified Christ |
324 |
(b) The Sacrificial Meal |
324 |
(c) Sacrament of Death and Resurrection |
326 |
(d) Sacrament of the Parousia |
328 |
(3) The Eucharist in St. John |
330 |
2. THE CHURCH'S ASSIMILATION OF THE EASTER MYSTERY |
332 |
i. FAITH |
332 |
(a) The Object of Faith |
332 |
(b) Faith as Contact with the Mystery |
335 |
(c) Faith as a Death and a Resurrection |
336 |
(d) Faith an Effect of the Resurrection |
337 |
ii. CHRIST EFFORT |
338 |
(a) The Need for It |
339 |
(b) Its Nature |
340 |
(c) Its Effectiveness |
342 |
iii. CHRISTIAN SUFFERING AND DEATH |
343 |
(a) Suffering |
343 |
(b) Death |
346 |
CHAPTER IX: THE EASTER MYSTERY IN ITS CONSUMMATION IN HEAVEN |
349 |
1. THE SYNOPTICS |
349 |
2. ST. JOHN |
351 |
3. ST. PAUL |
352 |
4. SUMMING- up |
358 |
INDEX OF SCRIPTURE REFERENCES |
361 |
INDEX OF AUTHORS CITED |
364 |
SUBJECT INDEX |
368 |