Maurice Wiles
Biographic Data
| ID | 3595374 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maurice Wiles |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maurice |
| FAMILY NAME | Wiles |
| SIGNATURE | WILES M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1954 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Karl Barth, Church Dogmatics. Volume II: The Doctrine of God, Part 2 ; Volume IV: The Doctrine of Reconciliation, Part 2
Belief, openness and religious commitment
Canon Professor Maurice Wiles (1923-2005) wrote this article in retirement. At the outset of his career he was an Evangelical (as his review of Barth, also reproduced in this centenary issue, indicates), but by the 1970s he had moved to, and continued in, a distinctly more liberal direction. A gradual realization of the 'complexity of the issues involved' in theology (and, not least, within the Bible) spurred this move, as this article suggests. …
Archetypal Heresy: Arianism through the Centuries
Christian Theology and Interreligious Dialogue
Christian Theology and Inter-Religious Dialogue
The Philosophy In Christianity: Arius and Athanasius
Cui bono? Cherchez la femme! These ancient maxims offer counsel to the investigator of an unsolved murder or some inexplicable pattern of behaviour. They advise the pursuit of what has come more recently to be known as a form of lateral thinking. The puzzle may not best be solved by an intensification of the examination of the immediate data. The primary clue may lie out of sight somewhere further back. Financial advantage or sexual attraction, w…
Faith in the Mystery of God
Does Christianity need a Revelation? A Discussion
Documents in Early Christian Thought
The purpose of this book is to bring within a single volume a representative selection of extracts from the writings of the Early Christian fathers, covering the main areas of Christian thought. The extracts, for the most part newly translated by the editors, are arranged by topic under the following headings: God, Trinity, Christ, Holy Spirit, Sin and Grace, Tradition and Scripture, Church, Sacraments, Christian Living, Church and Society, and F…
Religious Authority and Divine Action
‘Begin at the beginning, and go on till you come to the end: and then stop.’ The King of Hearts' advice is not as easy to follow as might seem on first hearing. It is not simply that I want to speak about the interrelation between two major subjects and there is a certain arbitrariness in choosing with which of the two to start. The problem is far more fundamental than that. Where for the theologian is ‘the beginning’? At whatever point he does b…
The Making of Christian Doctrine. A Study in the Principles of Early Doctrinal Development
1. the Development of Doctrine: The Nature of the Problem 2. Motives fro Development in the Patristic Age 3. Scripture as a Source of Doctrine 4. Lex Orandi 5. Soteriology 6. The Form of the Arguments 7. The Assimilation of New Ideas 8. Towards a Doctrine of Development Index
Does Christology Rest on a Mistake
So presumptuous a title calls for some justification. Christology has never ceased to puzzle and to perplex the minds of Christians from earliest times. It would be outrageous to assert that because something in the realm of theology remains mysterious it must for that reason alone be being misunderstood. Nevertheless modern historical thought has posed the problem of the intelligibility of traditional Christology in a particularly acute way and …
The Divine Apostle. The Interpretation of St. Paul's Epistles in the Early Church
Shorter Notice: Gregory of Nazianzus
The Unassumed is the Unhealed
The history of doctrine is an important field of study. So also is the study of doctrine itself. Like the two natures of Christ they ought neither to be confused nor separated. ‘The unassumed is the unhealed’ is a phrase justly famed in doctrinal history. It is a question worth asking whether it merits a position of similar importance in the study of doctrine itself
The Nature of the Early Debate about Christ's Human Soul
The New Testament writers, we are constantly being reminded, were not in the stricter sense of the word theologians. We all know what that reminder means and it is one of no small value. It would be disastrous, however, were we to allow it to suggest to us that the Christian writers of the ensuing centuries were men of an entirely different species, whose natural habitat was the study and whose primary characteristic was disinterested reflexion o…
The Theological Legacy of St. Cyprian
‘Into theology Cyprian scarcely ever entered’, wrote W. D. Niven, yet d'Alès's book La Théologie de S. Cyprien covers more than 400 pages without appearing to be dealing with a non-existent subject. The prima facie conflict is not difficult to resolve. A religious leader can no more help talking theology, whether consciously intending to do so or not, than Molière's M. Jourdain could help talking prose. An unconscious theology, indeed, can be eve…
The Holy Spirit in Christian Theology
The Difficulties of Being a Theologian
Gospel and Law
Studies in Texts: Luke 20. 34-36
More about Parables
The Nature of the Early Debate about Christ's Human Soul
The New Testament writers, we are constantly being reminded, were not in the stricter sense of the word theologians. We all know what that reminder means and it is one of no small value. It would be disastrous, however, were we to allow it to suggest to us that the Christian writers of the ensuing centuries were men of an entirely different species, whose natural habitat was the study and whose primary characteristic was disinterested reflexion o…
The Theological Legacy of St. Cyprian
‘Into theology Cyprian scarcely ever entered’, wrote W. D. Niven, yet d'Alès's book La Théologie de S. Cyprien covers more than 400 pages without appearing to be dealing with a non-existent subject. The prima facie conflict is not difficult to resolve. A religious leader can no more help talking theology, whether consciously intending to do so or not, than Molière's M. Jourdain could help talking prose. An unconscious theology, indeed, can be eve…
More about Parables
Studies in Texts: Luke 20. 34-36
Gospel and Law
The Difficulties of Being a Theologian
The Theological Legacy of St. Cyprian
‘Into theology Cyprian scarcely ever entered’, wrote W. D. Niven, yet d'Alès's book La Théologie de S. Cyprien covers more than 400 pages without appearing to be dealing with a non-existent subject. The prima facie conflict is not difficult to resolve. A religious leader can no more help talking theology, whether consciously intending to do so or not, than Molière's M. Jourdain could help talking prose. An unconscious theology, indeed, can be eve…
The Holy Spirit in Christian Theology
The Nature of the Early Debate about Christ's Human Soul
The New Testament writers, we are constantly being reminded, were not in the stricter sense of the word theologians. We all know what that reminder means and it is one of no small value. It would be disastrous, however, were we to allow it to suggest to us that the Christian writers of the ensuing centuries were men of an entirely different species, whose natural habitat was the study and whose primary characteristic was disinterested reflexion o…
The Unassumed is the Unhealed
The history of doctrine is an important field of study. So also is the study of doctrine itself. Like the two natures of Christ they ought neither to be confused nor separated. ‘The unassumed is the unhealed’ is a phrase justly famed in doctrinal history. It is a question worth asking whether it merits a position of similar importance in the study of doctrine itself
Shorter Notice: Gregory of Nazianzus
Does Christology Rest on a Mistake
So presumptuous a title calls for some justification. Christology has never ceased to puzzle and to perplex the minds of Christians from earliest times. It would be outrageous to assert that because something in the realm of theology remains mysterious it must for that reason alone be being misunderstood. Nevertheless modern historical thought has posed the problem of the intelligibility of traditional Christology in a particularly acute way and …
The Divine Apostle. The Interpretation of St. Paul's Epistles in the Early Church
Religious Authority and Divine Action
‘Begin at the beginning, and go on till you come to the end: and then stop.’ The King of Hearts' advice is not as easy to follow as might seem on first hearing. It is not simply that I want to speak about the interrelation between two major subjects and there is a certain arbitrariness in choosing with which of the two to start. The problem is far more fundamental than that. Where for the theologian is ‘the beginning’? At whatever point he does b…
The Making of Christian Doctrine. A Study in the Principles of Early Doctrinal Development
1. the Development of Doctrine: The Nature of the Problem 2. Motives fro Development in the Patristic Age 3. Scripture as a Source of Doctrine 4. Lex Orandi 5. Soteriology 6. The Form of the Arguments 7. The Assimilation of New Ideas 8. Towards a Doctrine of Development Index
Documents in Early Christian Thought
The purpose of this book is to bring within a single volume a representative selection of extracts from the writings of the Early Christian fathers, covering the main areas of Christian thought. The extracts, for the most part newly translated by the editors, are arranged by topic under the following headings: God, Trinity, Christ, Holy Spirit, Sin and Grace, Tradition and Scripture, Church, Sacraments, Christian Living, Church and Society, and F…
Does Christianity need a Revelation? A Discussion
Faith in the Mystery of God
The Philosophy In Christianity: Arius and Athanasius
Cui bono? Cherchez la femme! These ancient maxims offer counsel to the investigator of an unsolved murder or some inexplicable pattern of behaviour. They advise the pursuit of what has come more recently to be known as a form of lateral thinking. The puzzle may not best be solved by an intensification of the examination of the immediate data. The primary clue may lie out of sight somewhere further back. Financial advantage or sexual attraction, w…
Christian Theology and Inter-Religious Dialogue
Christian Theology and Interreligious Dialogue
Archetypal Heresy: Arianism through the Centuries
Karl Barth, Church Dogmatics. Volume II: The Doctrine of God, Part 2 ; Volume IV: The Doctrine of Reconciliation, Part 2
Belief, openness and religious commitment
Canon Professor Maurice Wiles (1923-2005) wrote this article in retirement. At the outset of his career he was an Evangelical (as his review of Barth, also reproduced in this centenary issue, indicates), but by the 1970s he had moved to, and continued in, a distinctly more liberal direction. A gradual realization of the 'complexity of the issues involved' in theology (and, not least, within the Bible) spurred this move, as this article suggests. …
Philosophy (20 works) · Theology (18 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (8 works) · Christian Theology and Mission (7 works) · Epistemology (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Art (5 works) · History (5 works) · Religious studies (5 works) · Doctrine (4 works)