What is Matthean fulfillment (plerosis)?

In this new installment of our Speaker Series, Fr. Andrew Dalton answers this question as he walks us through his book on fulfillment, Fulfilled Israel: Matthew’s Plerosis Paradigm. In this video, Fr. Dalton walks us through the triplex nature of fulfillment (fundamental continuity, radical discontinuity, and transcendence-completion), fulfillment's relationship with Scripture, Divinization, and the Genealogy of Jesus.

Fr. Andrew Dalton is a Catholic priest of the Legionaries of Christ and professor of theology at the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum in Rome, where he teaches the Synoptic Gospels and Biblical Greek and Hebrew.

For the Postgraduate Certificate in Shroud Studies, he lectures on the Biblical Theology of the Passion of Christ. Fr. Dalton has become well-known as an international speaker on the Shroud. His approach bridges the gap between scientific observation and theological interpretation.

00:00-02:23 Introduction
02:24-06:49 Fr. Dalton's Book
06:50-11:54 What is Fulfillment
11:55-16:34 The Paradigm Behind Fulfillment
16:35-26:00 How Fulfillment Applies to Christ's Genealogy
26:01-27:58 Significance
27:59-36:30 Divinization, Israel, & the Church
36:31-38:30 The Genesis of Jesus
38:31-41:17 Conclusion

Link to Fr. Dalton's slides: https://stpaulcenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Fulfillment-in-Matthew-St-Paul-Center-09.09.2024-1.pdf

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