Professor Lewis Ayres' Outputs (9)

Seven theses on dogmatics and patristics in Catholic theology (2021)
Journal Article
Ayres, L. (2022). Seven theses on dogmatics and patristics in Catholic theology. Modern Theology, 38(1), 36-62. https://doi.org/10.1111/moth.12736

These seven theses suggest the centrality of reflection on Patristic theology for the enterprise of dogmatic theology in a Catholic context. Dogmatic theology itself is used here as an alternative to the modern use of “systematic” theology. In order... Read More about Seven theses on dogmatics and patristics in Catholic theology.

The Memory of Tradition: Postconciliar Renewal and One Recent Thomism (2015)
Journal Article
Ayres, L. (2015). The Memory of Tradition: Postconciliar Renewal and One Recent Thomism. The Thomist, 79(4), 511-550. https://doi.org/10.1353/tho.2015.0029

Irenaeus vs. the Valentinians: Toward a Rethinking of Patristic Exegetical Origins (2015)
Journal Article
Ayres, L. (2015). Irenaeus vs. the Valentinians: Toward a Rethinking of Patristic Exegetical Origins. Journal of Early Christian Studies, 23(2), 153-187. https://doi.org/10.1353/earl.2015.0027

An under-studied dimension of Irenaeus’s exegetical practice is his extensive use of Hellenistic literary-critical techniques. He couples this usage with a consistent claim that the meaning of texts should primarily be established by attending to the... Read More about Irenaeus vs. the Valentinians: Toward a Rethinking of Patristic Exegetical Origins.

"There's Fire in That Rain": On Reading the Letter and Reading Allegorically (2012)
Journal Article
Ayres, L. (2012). "There's Fire in That Rain": On Reading the Letter and Reading Allegorically. Modern Theology, 28(4), 616-634. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0025.2012.01775.x

"Where Does the Trinity Appear?" Augustine’s Apologetics and "Philosophical" Readings of the De Trinitate (2012)
Journal Article
Ayres, L. (2012). "Where Does the Trinity Appear?" Augustine’s Apologetics and "Philosophical" Readings of the De Trinitate. Augustinian Studies, 43(1/2), 109-126. https://doi.org/10.5840/augstudies2013431/211

One persistent strand of commentary treats Augustine’s de trinitate (trin.) as most significantly an apologetic intended to demonstrate Christianity’s completion of and superiority to the classical philosophical tradition.1 Scholars in this tradition... Read More about "Where Does the Trinity Appear?" Augustine’s Apologetics and "Philosophical" Readings of the De Trinitate.

The Trinity and the Life of the Christian: A Liturgical Catechism (2011)
Journal Article
Ayres, L. (2011). The Trinity and the Life of the Christian: A Liturgical Catechism. New Blackfriars, 92(1037), 3-17. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-2005.2009.01338.x

In this article – the first Bishop Kevin Dunn Memorial Lecture - I argue that one of the most important resources available for Catholics seeking to understand or teach Trinitarian doctrine is the liturgy of the Mass. I suggest that the text of the l... Read More about The Trinity and the Life of the Christian: A Liturgical Catechism.

Augustine on the Spirit as the Soul of the Body, or Fragments of a Trinitarian Ecclesiology (2010)
Journal Article
Ayres, L. (2010). Augustine on the Spirit as the Soul of the Body, or Fragments of a Trinitarian Ecclesiology. Augustinian Studies, 41(1), 165-182

Into the Poem of the Universe: Exempla, Conversion, and Church in Augustine's Confessiones (2009)
Journal Article
Ayres, L. (2009). Into the Poem of the Universe: Exempla, Conversion, and Church in Augustine's Confessiones. Zeitschrift für Antikes Christentum / Journal of Ancient Christianity, 13(2), 263-281. https://doi.org/10.1515/zac.2009.19

The Soul and the Reading of Scripture: A Note on Henri De Lubac (2008)
Journal Article
Ayres, L. (2008). The Soul and the Reading of Scripture: A Note on Henri De Lubac. Scottish Journal of Theology, 61(02), 173-190. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0036930608003943

Henri De Lubac's work on multi-sense scriptural reading has become a major resource for Catholic and Protestant theologians seeking a new integration of biblical studies and theology. Rarely, however, is it noticed that De Lubac's account of scriptur... Read More about The Soul and the Reading of Scripture: A Note on Henri De Lubac.