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Holy Trinity: Holy People (Didsbury Lectures) Paperback – February 19, 2013

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Teaching on the sanctification of Christians using the difficult word perfection has been part of Christian spirituality through the centuries. The Fathers spoke of it and Augustine particularly contributed his penetrating analysis of human motivation in terms of love. Medieval theologians such as Bernard and Thomas Aquinas developed the tradition and wrote of levels or "degrees" of "perfection" in love. However, the doctrine has not fared so well among Protestants. John Wesley was the one major Protestant leader who tried to blend this ancient tradition of Christian "perfection" with the Reformation proclamation of justification by grace through faith. This book seeks to develop Wesley's synthesis of patristic and Reformation theology in order to consider how Christian "perfection" can be expressed in a more nuanced way in today's culture. Noble examines what basis may be found for Wesley's understanding of sanctification in the central doctrines of the church, particularly the atonement, the doctrine of Christ, and the most comprehensive of all Christian doctrines, the doctrine of the Holy Trinity. What he sets out is a fully trinitarian theology of holiness.
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    Didsbury Lecture Series
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    258 pages
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    English
  4. Publisher
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    February 19, 2013
  6. Dimensions
    6 x 0.65 x 9 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    1620327201
  8. ISBN-13
    978-1620327203
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""Holy Trinity: Holy People is a wise and winsome trinitarian account of Christian perfection. Noble conceives of holiness not in individualist terms of isolation from the world, but as a communion of love, [as] participation in God's trinitarian love, which is essentially redemptive in character rather than judgmental. Anyone interested in what a trinitarian account of holiness could be need look no further than Noble's profound and compelling work."" --Elmer M. Colyer, Professor of Systematic Theology and Professor of Wesley Studies, University of Dubuque Theological Seminary ""Carefully contextualizing the vital doctrine of Christian perfection in terms of Scripture and church tradition, both Eastern and Western, Noble offers the reader a remarkably balanced assessment of John Wesley's articulation of entire sanctification that is sophisticated, informed by a number of theological streams, and wonderfully trinitarian. Due to its many fresh insights, this engaging book will, no doubt, foster a lively conversation and considerable reflection among all who love holiness."" --Kenneth J. Collins, Professor of Wesley Studies and Historical Theology, Asbury Theological Seminary ""This book is a landmark in treatments of Wesley's doctrine of Christian perfection. Be assured: this is no parochial performance. Noble's work does not just revisit the Wesleys of old; he integrates his critical assessment of their insights into a penetrating vision of the Triune God. Marked by a singular beauty of expression and structure, this work will become a benchmark in the field of Wesleyan and Methodist theology."" --William J. Abraham, Professor of Wesley Studies, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University

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T. A. Noble is Professor of Theology at Nazarene Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri, and also Senior Research Fellow in Theology at Nazarene Theological College, Manchester, UK. He was recently president of the Wesleyan Theological Society.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cascade Books (February 19, 2013)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 258 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1620327201
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1620327203
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.65 x 9 inches
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T.A. Noble is Professor of Theology at Nazarene Theological Seminary in Kansas City, MO. As a Senior Research Fellow at Nazarene Theological College, Manchester, he supervises PhD research at the University of Manchester. He first specialized in Modern History, Politics and Education and the University of Glasgow and after teaching for some years in a high school, he studied Theology at New College, Edinburgh, following that with doctoral research in the Greek Fathers. He commutes between Manchester and Kansas City and is now engaged mainly in writing.

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Customers praise this book as an outstanding treatise on Biblical holiness, with one review noting its careful theological reflection and use of Eastern and Western Christian sources. They appreciate its historical context, with one customer highlighting its comprehensive coverage from the Patristic to Modern periods.

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Customers appreciate the book's approach to Biblical holiness, describing it as an outstanding treatise with a reasonable doctrine of Christian perfecting. One customer notes how it makes good use of sources from Eastern and Western Christianity, while another highlights its accurate representation of Wesley's pastoral theology.

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  • Edward D J Frost
    5.0 out of 5 stars balanced, historical and comprehensive review of Christian 'Perfecting'
    Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2013
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    Drawing upon his recently delivered Didsbury Lectures and his postgraduate teaching, Tom Noble provides a lively, clear and balanced review of the Christian Doctrine of heart holiness, also called entire sanctification, and Christian perfecting. From a broad historical review, through John Wesley's understanding and with fresh applicability in the contemporary context, this is sure to be a landmark book for Wesleyans and Christians in the American Holiness traditions, as well as a valuable resources for seminarians.
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  • John Calhoun
    5.0 out of 5 stars Holy Trinity is basis of Christian perfecting
    Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2014
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    This is a major work that clearly represents Wesley's pastoral theology accurately and puts it in the context of Scripture, Experience, Reason and Tradition. Moreover, it breaks new ground in Wesleyan studies regarding the primary foundation of the Holy Trinity as the ultimate essential truth in expressing the nature of the life of a christian being perfected in love.
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  • Mark Vincent
    5.0 out of 5 stars AHoly Triune God Makes A Holy People
    Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2025
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    Dr. Noble has a keen and articulate grasp on biblical holiness from a Trinitarian perspective.
    All Wesleyans may learn more about our Triune Holy God who is in loving relationship with us and us to Him. I especially like his writing on how sanctification relates to Christ's incarnation, His living and His crucification. The best outcome for human nature in Christ is a complete sanctified heart and life.
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  • Christopher Branstetter
    5.0 out of 5 stars Balanced View of Perfection?
    Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2013
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    It was at least twenty ago that I gave up thinking the English word "perfection" was useful for church theology. Noble offers a rich, balanced, biblical, historical, and reasonable doctrine of Christian perfecting.
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  • Richard D. Hutchison
    5.0 out of 5 stars an outstanding treatise on Biblical Holiness
    Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2014
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    Noble looks at biblical holiness from a biblical standpoint and not just what we "think" holiness should be or is. Can we let the Word of God be the ultimate answer to our search for a Holy God who calls us to be a holy people? WE MUST!
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  • Jim Abrams
    5.0 out of 5 stars A responsible treatment of a difficult subject
    Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2013
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    So much of popular christian theology is a mile wide but only an inch deep. Dr. Noble's treatment of Christian Perfection as related to the Holy Trinity is a deep treatment of an often misunderstood biblical concept. I appreciate his ability to both clear up the misconceptions of Christian Perfection while anchoring the doctrine soundly in the heart of Christian Theology - the Triune God.
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  • Stephen W. Rankin
    4.0 out of 5 stars Masterful
    Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2015
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    Organized around a clear focus (the title says it well), this book ranges widely, making good use of sources from Eastern and Western Christianity and from the Patristic to Modern periods. Professor Noble makes important distinctions along the way to show how the Wesleys (John and Charles) drew deeply from the Tradition in developing a pastoral theology of holiness. I appreciate the author's insights into some of the mistakes the heirs of the Wesleys in the holiness tradition made. Most importantly, this book exemplifies how careful theological reflection is eminently practical and life-giving.

    Because of the scope, a reader with no background in historical theology might find this book a bit frustrating or intimidating. Even though the author gives clear explanations, he has to assume the reader brings knowledge of vocabulary, basic terms and at least cursory knowledge about the theologians he deploys. This book is not for beginners.
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  • Fernando Almeida
    4.0 out of 5 stars thoughtful investigation of a critical doctrine.
    Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2014
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    The author provides a thorough review of this cardinal doctrine for our understanding of the Christian life. Noble provides a strong articulation of this doctrine within the framework of the doctrine of Holy Trinity, and does it masterfully taking into consideration Biblical and Historical perspectives.
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    3.0 out of 5 stars Good study on holiness
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 10, 2022
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    A good study on the topic of holiness from Noble. He opens up some good dialogue for those of us serious to understand more.
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  • Lisbeth Cheatle
    4.0 out of 5 stars A Significant Contribution
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 24, 2013
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    Tom Noble's book is a significant contribution to scholarship, perhaps not just by making explicit the trinitarian grounding of John Wesley's concern for holiness but also by illustrating that Wesleyanism has a strong dogmatic heart, rooted in Scripture and the Early Church Fathers.

    Personally I would have liked to have seen a greater attempt to engage this Trinitarian framework of the Wesleyan enunciation of holiness with key questions raised by figures such as W. E. Sangster, John Vincent, even Albert Outler, particularly concerning sin and human nature.

    However, within its tight and narrow method, this is an excellent study.
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