Affirming Moser’s Well-Qualified Totus Christus

Abstract

David Moser argues that the “Totus Christus” motif is not only exegetically and theologically well-founded but important. This motif, associated especially with Augustine, has had a robust reception history to the present, but not primarily in Protestant, particularly evangelical, theologies. The concern expressed in my riposte is not with Moser’s definition and defense of “Totus Christus,” which I find persuasive. Rather, I take exception to his description of my position in this paper, since I have defended “Totus Christus” with precisely the provisos that he recommends. Overall, however, I hope that David Moser’s articulation of the motif receives a wide readership.