Atonement and pneumatology : a study in the theology of George Smeaton
Abstract
This is a study in the dogmatic theology of Christianity.
The theological doctrines of atonement and pneumatology are based
upon the revelatory work of the second and third persons of the
trinity . The importance of this study lies in its attempt to gain
insight into the relation between Christ and the Holy Spirit and
from this to analyse in a fundamental way the relation between
atonement and pneumatology.
With this area of theology in mind attention is directed
toward the nineteenth century Scottish theologian George Smeaton,
Smeaton's works on the doctrine of the atonement and the doctrine
of the Holy Spirit are of interest not only because of their dogmatic presentation of these two doctrines but more importantly
because of the way he systematically thinks through the relation
between atonement and pneumatology based upon the conjoint revelatory activity of the Son and the Spirit, This study then is
essentially an attempt to discern Smeaton's understanding of the
relation between atonement and pneumatology. The procedure followed
is to discover Smeaton’s essential theological understanding in
chapter one and then to examine more fully his thought with relation
to the ongoing stream of Christian theology, both ancient and modern.
Type
Thesis, PhD Doctor of Philosophy
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