"O Blessed and Thrice Glorious Lord Jesus": Thomas Goodwin (1600-1680) and the threefold glory of the second person of the Trinity

BL Religion;BR Christianity;BS The Bible;BT Doctrinal Theology

van Eyk, John ; Ferguson, Sinclair B.

University:University of Glasgow

Department:School of Critical Studies

关键词: Thomas Goodwin, christology, Anselm, Duns Scotus, supralapsarianism, Trinity, God-man, essential, mediatorial, personal glory, Puritan, John Calvin, John Owen, Christ.;   

Others  :  http://theses.gla.ac.uk/75084/1/2019vanEykMThR.pdf

来源: University of Glasgow

【 摘 要 】

This Thesis examines the Christology of Thomas Goodwin (1600-1680). It notes that he identifies that the second Person of the Trinity has a threefold glory. He has (i) a glory as he is God, which Goodwin terms his essential glory. Christ also has a double glory as the God-man, (ii) the glory of his person, and, (iii) the glory that accrues to him because of his mediatorial work.After examining Goodwin’s explication of the threefold glory of Christ, the thesis demonstrates that the personal glory of the God-man, abstracted from his mediatorial work, is central in his Christology.The thesis concludes that there is a speculative element in Goodwin’s insistence that Christ was predestined as the God-man antecedent to any consideration of the creation and fall of man, leading him to bifurcate his Person and work. This, however, does not overthrow the whole of his Christology nor the pastoral usefulness of his teaching. In fact, Thomas Goodwin makes an important contribution to our understanding of the ‘thrice glorious Lord Jesus.’