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Preface ix
Other Works by Aidan Nichols xii
Introduction xv
Chapter 1 Prolegomena 1
1.1 A Basic Concept of Theology 2
1.2 The Specificity of Systematics 5
1.3 A Philosophical Principle of Order 5
1.4 A Theological Principle of Order 7
Chapter 2 A Congruent Ontology 11
2.1 Preamble 12
2.2 An Ontology Suited to the Demands of Philosophy 12
2.3 The Key Ontological Terms 17
2.4 An Ontology Suited to the Demands of Theology 25
Chapter 3 A Christological Determination of Biblical History 33
3.1 A Fundamental Hermeneutic 34
3.2 The Christological Determinant 38
3.3 The Mission of the Messiah 40
3.4 The Mission's Fulfillment 42
3.5 The Divinity of the Sent and Anointed One 47
Chapter 4 Tradition as the Transmission of Revelation 53
4.1 The Theology of Tradition 54
4.2 An Ecclesiology 57
4.3 The Sacred Liturgy and Tradition 62
Chapter 5 The Mysteric Pattern of Christian Existence 65
5.1 Revelation and the Greater Mysteries 66
5.2 The Drama of the Greater Mysteries as the Archetype of Christian Existence 67
5.3 The Sacraments as the Lesser Mysteries 70
5.4 Christian Morality as Mystical Tropology 75
5.5 Coinherence in the Mysteries: The Mother of God and the Communion of Saints 80
5.6 The Principle Underlying the Transposition of the Mysteries: The Work of Grace 83
5.7 The Icons of Grace: Society and State, Household and Friendship, Arts and Sciences 86
5.8 The Extension of the Pattern: Mission and Dialogue 90
5.9 Total Interpretation: Universal History 91
Chapter 6 The Holy Trinity as Matrix and Goal of Persons and the World 93
6.1 The Trinity as Expositionally Taught 94
6.2 The Trinity as Found in the Paschal Mystery 101
6.3 The Indwelling Trinity 104
6.4 The Trinity as Protology and Eschatology 106
Concluding Icon 111
Notes 113
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