Kristendommens Morgenstjerne: Konvergerende teologiske træk med baggrund i østlig tradition hos John Wesley og NFS Grundtvig

Abstract

This thesis deal with the common trait we find in the central parts of the theology of John Wesley and NFS Grundtvig, when we look at them in the perspective of some of the Eastern Greek church fathers and their theology. Wesleys inspiration from Macarius, Clemens of Alexandria, Gregor of Nyssa and other theologians of the early Greek church, and Grundtvigs inspiration from Irenaeus and the Greek Leitorgikón and other Greek theologians have influenced their thinking in the same direction. It is in the central core isues of christian theology we find the simmilar traits in Wesley’s and Grundtvig’s theology: anthopology, hamatology, understanding of God, understanding of Christ’s reconciling ministry, salvation understood as growth and in a synergistic relation to God, and finally the role of the trinity within their theology. The study shows that a common rood or an inspiration from a third source can bring different theological traditions closer together.