Forgiveness and the Novelty of Christian Ethics

Christian faith, and particularly Christian Ethics, must wrestle with the questions of novelty and continuity posed by Scripture's declaration that a new thing has occurred with the advent of Jesus Christ. The contrasting perspectives on the Law by Thomas Aquinas and Herman Bavinck focus these...

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Main Author: Errington, Andrew (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2023
In: Modern theology
Year: 2023, Volume: 39, Issue: 3, Pages: 472-489
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Thomas Aquinas 1225-1274 / Bavinck, Herman 1854-1921 / Law and Gospel / Forgiveness / Christian ethics
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
HC New Testament
KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
NCA Ethics
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Summary:Christian faith, and particularly Christian Ethics, must wrestle with the questions of novelty and continuity posed by Scripture's declaration that a new thing has occurred with the advent of Jesus Christ. The contrasting perspectives on the Law by Thomas Aquinas and Herman Bavinck focus these questions and suggest that forgiveness is an important point of reference for answering them. The importance of forgiveness in Christ's moral teaching suggests that Christian Ethics is marked out by a distinctive awareness of time. The impact of this reorganisation is already apparent in many places in the New Testament, including the posture we see taken towards political authority.
ISSN:1468-0025
Contains:Enthalten in: Modern theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/moth.12855