Life in the Trinity

What can the early church contribute to theology today? Donald Fairbairn takes us back to the biblical roots and central convictions of the early church, showing us what we have tended to overlook, especially in our understanding of God as Trinity, the person of Christ and the nature of our salvation as sharing in the Son's relationship to the Father

Donald Fairbairn (Ph.D., University of Cambridge, U.K.) is professor of historical theology at Erskine Theological Seminary in Due West, South Carolina, and a part-time professor at Evangelische Theologische Faculteit in Leuven, Belgium. He is the author of Grace and Christology in the Early Church and Eastern Orthodoxy through Western Eyes.

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Explanation of Patristic Citations	p. xix
Introduction: Getting Started in Christian Theology	p. 1
The Heart of Christianity: The Son's Relationship to the Father	p. 13
From the Father-Son Relationship to the Trinity, and Back	p. 38
Life as It Was Meant to Be: A Reflection of the Father-Son Relationship	p. 59
What Went Wrong? Our Loss of the Son's Relationship to the Father	p. 85
The Promise: God's Preparation of the World for His Son	p. 108
The Incarnation: The Only Son Becomes the Firstborn Son	p. 130
Redemption: God's Gift of His Son's Relationship to the Father	p. 157
Becoming Christian: Entering the Son's Relationship to the Father	p. 184
Being Christian: Another Look at Reflecting the Father-Son Relationship	p. 204
Appendix: Suggestions for Reading Four Church Fathers	p. 234
Index of Names and Subjects	p. 238
Scripture Index	p. 245
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