THE TRINITARIAN REFLECTION ON THE PRIMACY OF GOD THE FATHER

Samuel Andri

doi:10.46933/dgs.vol3i250-57

Abstract

Artikel ini mempertimbangkan kembali konsep Kristen Timur tentang Keutamaan atau Monarki Allah Bapa, yang sering dianggap tidak relevan dan merusak dalam banyak refleksi Trinitarian modern. Bagi beberapa teolog Trinitarian modern, gagasan hierarkis yang berasal dari gagasan Keutamaan Tuhan Bapa sepenuhnya bertentangan dengan konsep perichoresis, yang menumbangkan segala bentuk hierarki. Dengan menggunakan St. Gregorius dari Orasi Teologis Nazianzus, penulis, bagaimanapun, menyatakan bahwa Keutamaan Tuhan Bapa harus dilestarikan, justru karena itu memberikan landasan bagi perichoresis ilahi agar konsisten dengan penegasan monoteistik Kristen.

Highlights

For some modern Trinitarian theologians, the hierarchical notion that comes from the idea of the Primacy of God the Father is in complete opposition with the concept of perichoresis, which subvert any forms of hierarchy
The rise of the Trinitarian theology in the latter part of the twen-tieth century, which many people be-lieve to be initiated by Karl Barth[1], helps us to consider the mystery of the Father – Son – Spirit in a way that enables us to speak of the Christian God not in a pure speculative fashion, but in relation to God’s work in his-tory through the incarnation of Christ
This foundational assertion in the modern development of the Trinitarian theology is descriptively summed up by Karl Rahner, when he writes, ‘The “economic” Trinity is the “immanent” Trinity and the “immanent” Trinity is the “economic” Trinity.’[2]. For Rahner, God in the “immanence” of Godself is identical to the God who has been revealed in the salvation history

Summary

INTRODUCTION

The rise of the Trinitarian theology in the latter part of the twen-tieth century, which many people be-lieve to be initiated by Karl Barth[1], helps us to consider the mystery of the Father – Son – Spirit in a way that enables us to speak of the Christian God not in a pure speculative fashion, but in relation to God’s work in his-tory through the incarnation of Christ. This reflection requires greater sensitivity towards these common negative perceptions, while at the same time we try to retrieve the important aspect of our Christian tradition

THE LIMITATIONS OF PERICHORESIS IN THE SOCIAL TRINITARIAN REFLECTIONS

THE DIVINE CAUSALITY AND THE PRIMACY OF GOD THE FATHER

Theological Orations of Gregory