Systematic Theology in eight simple sentences:
- ‘Father!’ The whole of Jesus’ life, together with his death, is expressed in that one word.
- The resurrection of Jesus from the dead is the Father’s reply: ‘Son!’
- The breath by which these words are uttered is the Spirit.
- The Holy Trinity is the occurrence of this discourse, the history enacted in these utterances.
- The creation is the free and surprising opening-up of space and time by this divine discourse.
- The church is the community enfolded in this discourse, swept up in the breath of these utterances.
- The final consummation is the animation of all creatures by the breath of this discourse.
- All Christian speech and action therefore begin and end with the same word: ‘Father!’
So, do you think these work?
Read the rest here: Faith and Theology: A very short dogmatics: eight theses
“Mother!” should fit in there, somewhere.
…and by “Mother!”, I mean something along the lines of “No one can have God as Father who does not have the Church as Mother” (St. Cyprian).