If «the economic Trinity is the immanent Trinity», as Karl Rahner said, then what difference does it make for how we read the Bible? This book takes up the discussion that has dominated the last several decades of Trinitarian theology - that of Rahner's Rule - and brings it into dialogue with the longer history of the doctrine, particularly with the history of interpretation of scripture. The history of Trinitarianism is the history of complex interpretive moves, a long conversation in which the Christian church has sought to learn how to ask the right questions of scripture. Surveying recent theological projects and learning from their successes and failures, The Image of the Immanent Trinity argues that the eternally perfect fellowship of Father, Son, and Spirit is truly present for our salvation in Christ who, as the image of the invisible God, secures God's presence in the economy of salvation as the image of the immanent Trinity. If «the economic Trinity is the immanent Trinity», as Karl Rahner said, then what difference does it make for how we read the Bible? This book takes up the discussion that has dominated the last several decades of Trinitarian theology ¿ that of Rahner¿s Rule ¿ and brings it into dialogue with the longer history of the doctrine, particularly with the history of interpretation of scripture. The history of Trinitarianism is the history of complex interpretive moves, a long conversation in which the Christian church has sought to learn how to ask the right questions of scripture. Surveying recent theological projects and learning from their successes and failures, The Image of the Immanent Trinity argues that the eternally perfect fellowship of Father, Son, and Spirit is truly present for our salvation in Christ who, as the image of the invisible God, secures God¿s presence in the economy of salvation as the image of the immanent Trinity. Preface vii Chapter One: The Trinity and Theological Interpretation of Scripture 1(14) The Fall and Rise of Trinitarian Theology 1(2) Clarification of Terms 3(2) Focusing on Rahner's Rule 5(4) Some Assumptions 9(4) "Can I Believe As If I Saw?" 13(2) Chapter Two: Trinitarian Theology and the History of Exegesis 15(32) Finding the Trinity in the Bible 16(4) Athanasius: Skilled Moneychanger in the Economy of God 20(7) Augustine and the Threefold Account 27(6) Palamism on Essence and Energies 33(3) Aquinas on Missions and Processions 36(4) Reformation Trinitarianism and Anti-Trinitarianism 40(4) Summary and Prospect 44(3) Chapter Three: Background and Origin of Rahner's Rule 47(36) Karl Barth and the Beginnings of the New Trinitarianism 47(6) Rahner's Essay in Mysterium Salutis 53(7) A Disputed Question in Christology 60(10) The Pneumatology of Uncreated Grace 70(4) Trinitarian Ontology and the Realsymbol 74(4) The Instability of Rahner's Rule 78(5) Chapter Four: Radicakerr 83(40) On Beyond Rahner 83(1) Early Responses: Schoonenberg and Küng 84(5) Jürgen Moltmann: Forms of the Trinity 89(8) Wolf hart Pannenberg Trinitarian Self-Actualization 97(10) Robert W. Jenson and the Counterfactual Hypothetical 107(5) Catherine Mowry LaCugna and God For Us 112(11) Chapter Five: Restricters 123(36) Restrictions, Qualifications, Clarifications, and Cautions 123(1) Yves Congar: Removing the Reciprocity 124(3) Walter Kasper's Rules for Interpretation 127(6) Hans Urs von Balthasar's Proto-Kenosis 133(4) T. F. Torrance on the Evangelical and Theological Trinity 137(5) Paul D. Molnar: The Immanent Trinity as God's Freedom 142(3) Karl Barth and the Economic-Immanent Axis 145(11) An Emerging Consensus? 156(3) Chapter Six: Rahner's Rule and Theological Interpretation of Scripture 159(32) Core Concerns of Radicalizers and Restricters 160(6) The Economic Trinity as the Image of the Immanent Trinity 166(3) Christ the Image of the Invisible God 169(4) Barth on God's Primary and Secondary Objectivity 173(3) Trinitarian Relations: Economic and Immanent 176(6) Implications: Methodological, Systematic, and Ecumenical 182(6) Conclusion 188(3) Bibliography 191(10) Index of Names 201(4) Index of Subjects 205