1 John, Revised and Extended
Author | : L. Daniel Cantey |
Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 390 |
Release | : 2021-07-28 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781666708080 |
ISBN-13 | : 1666708089 |
Rating | : 4/5 (80 Downloads) |
Download or read book 1 John, Revised and Extended written by L. Daniel Cantey and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-07-28 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1 John: On Docetism and Resurrection (2016), the author elucidated the fundamental principles driving the modern order. The latter works according to a novel form of salvation, an ontology unto dissolution that the author recognizes as a new manifestation of the ancient heresy of docetism. The modern heresy turns on faith in the Christ-Idol, an idolatry hidden for centuries beneath the cover of Western Christianity. Its theological solution requires renewed engagement with the Trinitarian love, understanding that love as a function of mutual life-giving between the divine persons. The revised and extended version of 1 John assumes the undoing of Western society under the docetic ethos, seeking theological foundations for the society that might follow. It details the meaning of various aspects of docetic (modern) society through a Johannine lens, explaining these aspects as forms of oppression. The author counters these through the Eastern Orthodox focus on the inner life over the external one, the spiritual world over the physical, and the proper appreciation of hierarchy as opposed to docetic equality.