Conceptual Blending in Early Christian Discourse by Aleksander Gomola

Author:Aleksander Gomola
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: De Gruyter
Published: 2018-08-15T00:00:00+00:00

9The THE CHURCH IS GOD’S FLOCK blend as a conceptual instrument in early church liturgy and theology

In this chapter I examine three subcategories of the CGF blend that are frequently used in patristic baptismal theology, doctrinal disputes on the unity of the church, and soteriology with elements of Christology. They share several structural elements: each is a single scope network (occasionally a double scope network); shepherding imagery in their source input spaces is taken most often from the Bible; each is the conceptual basis for significant theological ideas that play a central role in Christian doctrine, such as baptismal initiation and its spiritual consequences, the unity of the church, and Christ’s incarnation as a part of God’s plan for saving fallen humanity.

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