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Christ, The Meeting Point Of Sacramental And Trinitarian Theology, Nathan Peter Chase
Christ, The Meeting Point Of Sacramental And Trinitarian Theology, Nathan Peter Chase
School of Theology and Seminary Graduate Papers/Theses
This paper explores the relationship between the liturgical life of the Church and the operation of the Trinity in the economy of grace through the work of Fr. Edward Kilmartin. Kilmartin sought to better explain how humanity’s relationship with God through prayer and the sacraments was established. For him, theologians’ understanding of the Trinity in what has become known as the procession model allowed for the katabatic flow of grace to humanity but failed to explain the anabatic flow of grace from humanity back up to God. This paper looks at the complementary model, the bestowal model, that Kilmartin developed …