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Christ's Fulfillment of Torah and Temple: Salvation according to Thomas Aquinas Paperback – April 15, 2002

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  • Paperback: 264 pages
  • Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press; 1 edition (April 15, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0268022739
  • ISBN-13: 978-0268022730
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5.0 out of 5 starsThe Last Things
By Peter S. Bradley on September 15, 2013
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How is it possible for Christians to affirm that Christ did not abolish the Old Law of Judaism but never practice that old law?

How are we to understand the meaning of Christ's bloody crucifixion?

Matthew Levering's "Christ's Fulfillment of Torah and Temple" provides an engaging examination of a few "last things" by way of the insights and writings of St. Thomas Aquinas. Levering's book is extremely educational in providing the basis and framework for thinking about how it was that Christ came to fulfill and complete the two touchstones of Jewish identity, the Torah and the Temple. Along the way, the reader learns a lot of practical philosophy and theology.

The book follows through those passages in the Summa Theologica in which Aquinas considers Jesus's relationship to the Torah and in Aquinas's Commentary on the Sentences by Peter Lombard which considers Jesus's relationship to the Torah. Levering's writings are very accessible to the lay reader. By reading Levering's book, the reader can come away with insights not only about the subject of Temple and Torah, but about topics that support and follow from those subjects as well. For anyone interested in the life of Christ, or who wants to know if there are answers to some fairly standard chestnuts posed by skeptics to Christians, this is an excellent resource. Moreover, Levering also deals with some surprising subjects and offers some surprising answers to some issues that the reader may not have considered, many of which I found to elicit a "gosh-wow" response in me as I was reading the book.

Levering starts with the question posed by Michael Wyschogrod's question about why, if the Old Law was not superseded, convert Jews are not permitted to practice the Jewish mitzvoths? (p. 16.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsGreat intro to Thomistic soteriology
By A Customer on December 4, 2003
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Matthew Levering has written a clear and penetrating analyis of St. Thomas Aquinas' understanding of salvation. Levering shows how, contrary to some views, St. Thomas' view is fully grounded in a Biblical perspective that embraces both Hebrew and Christian scriptures. Those interested in learning more about Thomistic soteriology and Christian doctrine would do well to read this book.
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5.0 out of 5 starsGreat contemporary introduction to Aquinas's theology of salvation!
By Matthew on March 27, 2013
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Levering aims here to write an introduction to the theology of salvation in Thomas Aquinas and to show how Thomas is more biblically based than most contemporary writers. Levering argues that Christ is both the fulfillment of the Torah and the Temple.

In arguing that Christ fulfills the Law, Levering first (Chapter 1) explains the importance that Aquinas gives to law and how he relates the Old Law to the New Law. Second (Chapter 2), Levering explains Aquinas's theology of the Incarnation by balancing the Divinity of Christ and the historical development of Christ's humanity in Israel. He does this because it is necessary to know who Christ is in order to see how He fulfills the law. Finally (Chapter 3), Levering explains Aquinas's understanding of the passion of Christ as the central mystery of Christ's life. Levering shows how Christ's threefold office of priest, prophet and king fulfills, most of all in the passion, the Old Law's precepts - ceremonial, judicial and moral.

In arguing that Christ fulfills the temple, Levering focuses on the mediation of grace (chapter 4),and the mystical body of Christ both now (chapter 5) and in heaven (chapter 6). As the fulfillment of the temple, the Church (constituted by faith and the sacraments of faith) is a community of worshippers characterized by the indwelling of the Trinity through the mediation of Christ. Hence, Levering seeks to understand Aquinas on the Church (chapter 5) after having understood him on how Christ mediates grace (chapter 4). The temple, fulfilled by Christ, is ultimately fulfilled by Him in the state of glory and so lastly Levering seeks to understand Aquinas's theology of eternal life (chapter 6).

This book is certainly worthwhile for any theologian who wishes to think about the nature of Christ's saving work.
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