Andrew D. Dalton argues that, for Matthew, the fullness Israel enjoys through Christ is a share in the very fullness of God.A close examination of Matthew's fulfillment paradigm reveals a triplex via, consisting of fundamental continuity, radical discontinuity, and transcendence-completion.

What is Matthean fulfillment (plrsis)? According to a triplex via of fundamental continuity, radical discontinuity, and transcendence-completion, it is the process of Christification by which those in communion with Christ become agents of his theandric activity. In light of this paradigm, the divine 'with-ness' which Christ brings his people is more profoundly appreciated. The fullness which God's covenant people enjoy via communion with Christ is nothing less than the very fullness of God: they participate in his life and love, power and providence, righteousness and perfection, virtue and glory, identity and mission. In this monograph, Andrew D. Dalton argues that plrsis is an ongoing and ever deepening process of deification: in and through the King of kings, God has filled inaugurally, is filling perpetually, and will fill consummately his church-kingdom Israel with his own divine fullness.

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Born 1981; 2001 entered the Legionaries of Christ; 2006 BA Philosophy; 2012 BA Theology; 2012 ordained a Catholic priest; 2016 STL Biblical Theology; 2022 STD Theology; Visiting Professor, Science and Faith Institute, Post-graduate Certificate in Shroud Studies; Visiting Professor, Higher Institute for Religious Sciences; Professore Incaricato, Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum, Faculty of Theology.

Inhalt
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Plrsis Begins: The Genesis of the King
Chapter 3. Plrsis Progresses: The Crescendo of Kingdom Power
Chapter 4. Plrsis Climaxes: The Consummation of Kingdom Power
Chapter 5. Plrsis in Righteousness: Perfecting the Sons of the Kingdom
Chapter 6. Royal Plrsis Filling Up the Kingdom on Earth as in Heaven
Chapter 7. Ecclesial Plrsis Filling Up the Church on Earth as in Heaven
Chapter 8. Scriptural Plrsis : Filling Up God's Word
Chapter 9. Plrsis Paradigms
Chapter 10. Conclusion: Plrsis as a Triplex Via