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The Flesh of the Logos, Instrumentum divinitatis: Retrieving an Ancient Christological Doctrine
International Journal of Systematic Theology2021Vol. 23(3), pp. 313–332
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Abstract
Abstract This article defends Thomas Aquinas’s doctrine that Christ’s humanity is an instrument of the divinity ( instrumentum divinitatis ). This doctrine arises from biblical teaching that God saves us in Christ’s human actions and sufferings. Scripture raises the question of how God saves by human actions. This article argues that Aquinas’s ‘instrument doctrine’ answers this question. It expounds the doctrine, which is constituted in five propositional‐paragraphs drawn from Aquinas’s mature Christology, and contrasts it with another model of how Christ saves. Then it responds to two major objections to the doctrine. It concludes with two theological entailments for Christology.
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