The Judgement on Athanasius in the Historiography of Christian Dogma (Mosheim-Baur-Harnack)
The present article studies the attitude of three prominent historiographers of Christian dogma towards Athanasius, viz., Johann Lorenz von Mosheim (1693–1755), Ferdinand Christian Baur (1792–1860), and Adolf von Harnack (1851–1930). Their different theological backgrounds resulted in different judg...
| Published in: | Church history and religious culture |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2010
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Church history and religious culture
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Protestant Theology
Athanasius
Reception
Historiography
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Volltext (Verlag) |
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| Summary: | The present article studies the attitude of three prominent historiographers of Christian dogma towards Athanasius, viz., Johann Lorenz von Mosheim (1693–1755), Ferdinand Christian Baur (1792–1860), and Adolf von Harnack (1851–1930). Their different theological backgrounds resulted in different judgements on his expositions on the Trinity. Mosheim’s evaluation of Athanasius is positive, but he thinks Athanasius speculates too much about the mystery of the Trinity, which cannot be understood by reason. Baur considers his theology to reflect a crucial moment within the development of Christian thought, a moment that shows the internal dynamics of this development. Harnack is of the opinion that Christians owe it to Athanasius that Christian faith did not end up as moralism and cosmology. He also thinks that in Athanasius’views on Christ we can hardly find anything of the Jesus of the gospels. |
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| ISSN: | 1871-2428 |
| Contains: | In: Church history and religious culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18712411-0X542400 |