Kenosis (Self-Emptying)
The eternal Son 'emptied himself' and took the form of a servant
Kenosis names the self-emptying described in Philippians, where the divine Son took the form of a servant in becoming human. The scriptural language is cited across all communions as a key to the Incarnation. More contested are the modern 'kenotic' theories, developed in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, which proposed that the Son actually surrendered certain divine attributes; these interpretations are debated and not universally accepted.
How it traveled
- PhilippiansRome · 67explains
- Against EunomiusNyssa · 395explains
- The Great CatechismNyssa · 395explains
- Exposition of the Christian FaithMilan · 397explains
- The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. JohnConstantinople (Istanbul) · 407explains
- The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Philippians, Colossians, and ThessaloniansConstantinople (Istanbul) · 407explains
- Lectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. JohnHippo Regius · 430explains
- On the Holy TrinityHippo Regius · 430explains
- Expositions on the Book of PsalmsHippo Regius · 430explains
- Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New TestamentHippo Regius · 430explains
- The Ecclesiastical History, Dialogues, and Letters of TheodoretCyrrhus · 458explains
- The Letters and Sermons of Leo the GreatRome · 461explains
- Treatise on the Incarnation (qq[1]-59)Paris · 1274explains
- Book Second. of the Knowledge of God the Redeemer, in Christ, as First Manifested to the Fathers, Under the Law, and Thereafter to Us Under the GospelGeneva · 1564explains
- The Wisdom of God Displayed in the Way of SalvationNorthampton, Massachusetts · 1758explains
- XIV Five discourses on the soul's eternal salvationNorthampton, Massachusetts · 1758explains
Key passages(20)
Letters and Papers from Prison · Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Exposition of the Christian Faith · Ambrose of Milan
A Treatise of Novatian Concerning the Trinity. · Novatian
The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians · John Chrysostom
The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians · John Chrysostom
The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians · John Chrysostom
The Letters and Sermons of Leo the Great · Pope Leo the Great
Treatise on the Incarnation (qq[1]-59) · Thomas Aquinas
The Wisdom of God Displayed in the Way of Salvation · Jonathan Edwards
Ephraim Syrus: Nineteen Hymns on the Nativity of Christ in the Flesh · Ephrem the Syrian
Book Second. of the Knowledge of God the Redeemer, in Christ, as First Manifested to the Fathers, Under the Law, and Thereafter to Us Under the Gospel · John Calvin
Exposition of the Christian Faith · Ambrose of Milan
Lectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John · Augustine of Hippo
Reply to Faustus the Manichæan · Augustine of Hippo
Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament · Augustine of Hippo