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Aquinas on God’s Simplicity and Perfection

Author : Michael Augros
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3868382283
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (683 download)

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Download or read book Aquinas on God’s Simplicity and Perfection written by Michael Augros and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2022-09-06 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All perfections of things pre-exist in the divine essence, yet it is entirely simple, without components. These seemingly opposed attributes of God are reconciled in Questions 3–6 of the First Part of the Summa theologiae, here newly translated and explained in line-by-line detail. Among topics receiving special attention are Aquinas’s doctrine of participation, his conception of God as a subsisting act of being, and the distinction and order of transcendentals such as being, goodness, and beauty. Intended for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and teachers, Aquinas on God’s Simplicity and Perfection throws light on the order of Aquinas’s questions, addresses difficulties commonly encountered by modern readers, and includes an exhaustive glossary of all technical terms occurring in the Summa’s first six Questions.

On a Complex Theory of a Simple God

Author : Christopher Hughes
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801417597
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book On a Complex Theory of a Simple God written by Christopher Hughes and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hughes discusses Aquinus' work regarding the apparently irreconcilable theses of natural and revealed theology, and he argues that Aquinas fails in his attempt to reconcile absolute simplicity with the doctrines of the Trinity and the Incarnation. Hughes also offers a provocative account of divine simplicity and explores its implications for the Thomistic doctrines of the Trinity and Incarnation.

God without Parts

Author : James E. Dolezal
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1621891097
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (218 download)

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Book Synopsis God without Parts by : James E. Dolezal

Download or read book God without Parts written by James E. Dolezal and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2011-11-09 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The doctrine of divine simplicity has long played a crucial role in Western Christianity's understanding of God. It claimed that by denying that God is composed of parts Christians are able to account for his absolute self-sufficiency and his ultimate sufficiency as the absolute Creator of the world. If God were a composite being then something other than the Godhead itself would be required to explain or account for God. If this were the case then God would not be most absolute and would not be able to adequately know or account for himself without reference to something other than himself. This book develops these arguments by examining the implications of divine simplicity for God's existence, attributes, knowledge, and will. Along the way there is extensive interaction with older writers, such as Thomas Aquinas and the Reformed scholastics, as well as more recent philosophers and theologians. An attempt is made to answer some of the currently popular criticisms of divine simplicity and to reassert the vital importance of continuing to confess that God is without parts, even in the modern philosophical-theological milieu.

The Question of God's Perfection

Author : Yoram Hazony
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004387986
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book The Question of God's Perfection written by Yoram Hazony and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-11-26 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Question of God’s Perfection brings together leading scholars from the Jewish and Christian traditions to critically examine the theology of perfect being in light of the Hebrew Bible and classical rabbinic sources.

Reasonable Faith

Author : William Lane Craig
Publisher : Crossway
ISBN 13 : 1433501155
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (335 download)

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Download or read book Reasonable Faith written by William Lane Craig and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2008 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This updated edition by one of the world's leading apologists presents a systematic, positive case for Christianity that reflects the latest work in the contemporary hard sciences and humanities. Brilliant and accessible.

Aquinas on Theology and God’s Existence

Author : Michael Augros
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3868382216
Total Pages : 583 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (683 download)

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Download or read book Aquinas on Theology and God’s Existence written by Michael Augros and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2022-02-17 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intended for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and teachers, this new translation and exposition of the first two Questions of the Summa theologiae explains the text in unprecedented detail. The famous “Five Ways” of Aquinas receive ample consideration. The arguments are placed in their larger context in Thomistic philosophy and traced back to first principles, which in turn are illustrated by examples and defended from common objections. All technical terms occurring in the text are defined or explained in both the commentary and the glossary. Throughout, attention is paid to the rationale behind the order in which Aquinas proceeds. 574 pages; includes three appendices, an index of primary sources useful to know in reading the first two Questions, and exhaustive glossary. Michael Augros earned his Ph.D. in philosophy from Boston College in 1995. He has taught at Thomas Aquinas college for many years at its California campus, and now teaches at its New England campus. He is the author of two popular books on the philosophy of Aquinas, Who Designed the Designer? and The Immortal in You, both from Ignatius Press.

All That Is in God

Author : James E. Dolezal
Publisher : Reformation Heritage Books
ISBN 13 : 1601785550
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book All That Is in God written by James E. Dolezal and published by Reformation Heritage Books. This book was released on 2017-07-13 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unknown to many, increasing numbers of conservative evangelicals are denying basic tenets of classical Christian teaching about God, with departures occurring even among those of the Calvinistic persuasion. James E. Dolezal’s All That Is in God provides an exposition of the historic Christian position while engaging with these contemporary deviations. His convincing critique of the newer position he styles “theistic mutualism” is philosophically robust, systematically nuanced, and biblically based. It demonstrates the need to maintain the traditional viewpoint, particularly on divine simplicity, and spotlights the unfortunate implications for other important Christian doctrines—such as divine eternality and the Trinity—if it were to be abandoned. Arguing carefully and cogently that “all that is in God is God Himself,” the work is sure to stimulate debate on the issue in years to come.

Knowing the Unknowable God

Author : David B. Burrell C.S.C.
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
ISBN 13 : 0268158991
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (681 download)

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Download or read book Knowing the Unknowable God written by David B. Burrell C.S.C. and published by University of Notre Dame Pess. This book was released on 1992-01-31 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Knowing the Unknowable God, David Burrell traces the intellectual intermingling of Muslim, Jewish, and Christian traditions that made possible the medieval synthesis that served as the basis for Western theology. He shows how Aquinas's study of the Muslim philosopher Ibn-Sina and the Jewish thinker Moses Maimonides affected the disciplined use of language when speaking of divinity and influenced his doctrine of God.

Divine Simplicity

Author : Steven J. Duby
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0567665682
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (676 download)

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Download or read book Divine Simplicity written by Steven J. Duby and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-12-17 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steven J. Duby examines the doctrine of divine simplicity. This discussion is centered around the three distinguishing features: grounding in biblical exegesis, use of Thomas Aquinas and the Reformed Orthodox; and the writings of modern systematic and philosophical theologians. Duby outlines the general history of the Christian doctrine of divine simplicity and discusses the methodological traits and essential contents of the dogmatic account. He substantiates the claims of the doctrine of divine simplicity by demonstrating that they are implied and required by the scriptural account of God. Duby considers how simplicity is inferred from God's singularity and aseity, as well as how it is inferred from God's immutability and infinity, and the Christian doctrine of creation. The discussion ends with the response to major objections to simplicity, namely that the doctrine does not pay heed to the plurality of the divine attributes, that it eradicates God's freedom in creating the world and acting toward us; and that it does not cohere with the personal distinctions to be made in the doctrine of the Trinity.

God without Parts

Author : James E. Dolezal
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1610976584
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (19 download)

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Aquinas on Simplicity

Author : Peter Weigel
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9783039107308
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Aquinas on Simplicity written by Peter Weigel and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2008 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Weigel offers an in-depth examination of what divine simplicity means for Aquinas and how he argues for its claims. Simplicity and other divine predicates are analysed within the larger metaphysical and semantic framework surrounding Aquinas' philosophy of God.

Compendium Theologiae (Compendium of Theology)

Author : Thomas Aquinas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781470117061
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Compendium Theologiae (Compendium of Theology) written by Thomas Aquinas and published by . This book was released on 2012-02-22 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Preface:Knowledge of the truth necessary for man's salvation is comprised within a few brief articles of faith. The Apostle says in Romans 9:2 8: "A short word shall the Lord make upon the earth"; and later he adds: "This is the word of faith, which we preach" (Rom. 15:8). In a short prayer Christ clearly marked out man's right course; and in teaching us to say this prayer, He showed us the goal of our striving and our hope. In a single precept of charity He summed up that human justice which consists in observing the law: "Love therefore is the fulfilling of the law" (Rom. 13:15). Hence the Apostle, in 1 Corinthians 13:13, taught that the whole perfection of this present life consists in faith, hope, and charity, as in certain brief headings outlining our salvation: "Now there remain faith, hope, and charity." These are the three virtues, as St. Augustine says, by which God is worshiped [De doctrina christiana, 1, 35]Wherefore, my dearest son Reginald, receive from my hands this compendious treatise on Christian teaching to keep continually before your eyes. My whole endeavor in the present work is taken up with these three virtues. I shall treat first of faith, then of hope, and lastly of charity. This is the Apostle's arrangement which, for that matter, right reason imposes. Love cannot be rightly ordered unless the proper goal of our hope is established; nor can there be any hope if knowledge of the truth is lacking. Therefore the first thing necessary is faith, by which you may come to a knowledge of the truth. Secondly, hope is necessary, that your intention may be fixed on the right end. Thirdly, love is necessary, that your affections may be perfectly put in order.

Aquinas on God

Author : Dr Rudi te Velde
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1409477681
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Aquinas on God written by Dr Rudi te Velde and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-05-28 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aquinas on God presents an accessible exploration of Thomas Aquinas' conception of God. Focusing on the Summa theologiae – the work containing Aquinas' most systematic and complete exposition of the Christian doctrine of God – Rudi te Velde acquaints the reader with Aquinas' theological understanding of God and the metaphysical principles and propositions that underlie his project. Aquinas' conception of God is dealt with not as an isolated metaphysical doctrine, but from the perspective of his broad theological view which underlies the scheme of the Summa. Readers interested in Aquinas, historical theology, metaphysics and metaphysical discourse on God in the Christian tradition will find this new contribution to the studies of Aquinas invaluable.

God and Creation in the Theology of Thomas Aquinas and Karl Barth

Author : Tyler R. Wittman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110847067X
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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The Perfectly Simple Triune God

Author : D. Stephen Long
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 150641687X
Total Pages : 447 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book The Perfectly Simple Triune God written by D. Stephen Long and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A particularly nettlesome question is that around the relationship of the confession of God as a simple yet threefold being—the treatises of the one God and the Trinity. Although God as simple and Triune was widely accepted for over a millennium, simplicity has been widely critiqued and rejected by modern theology. The purported error is in conceiving God’s unity prior to the Triune persons, an error begun by Augustine and crystallized in Aquinas. The Perfectly Simple Triune God challenges this critique and reading of Aquinas as a misunderstanding of his doctrine of God. By refusing to begin theology with God’s oneness, who God is collapses into who God is for us, a loss of the biblical and dramatic character of God for us. D. Stephen Long posits that the two treatises were never independent, but inextricably related and entailing one another. Long provides a constructive rereading of Thomas Aquinas, tracing antecedents to Aquinas in the patristic tradition, and readings of him through to the Reformers, taking into account challenges to the classical tradition posed by modern and contemporary theology and philosophy to offer a robust articulation of divine Trinitarian agency for a contemporary age that adheres to broadly considered orthodox and ecumenical parameters.

God and Creation in the Theology of Thomas Aquinas and Karl Barth

Author : Tyler R. Wittman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108636535
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book God and Creation in the Theology of Thomas Aquinas and Karl Barth written by Tyler R. Wittman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-11-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The legacies of Thomas Aquinas and Karl Barth remain influential for contemporary theologians, who have increasingly put them into conversation on debated questions over analogy and the knowledge of God. However, little explicit dialogue has occurred between their theologies of God. This book offers one of the first extended analyzes of this fundamental issue, asking how each theologian seeks to confess in fact and in thought God's qualitative distinctiveness in relation to creation. Wittman first examines how they understand the correspondence and distinction between God's being and external acts within an overarching concern to avoid idolatry. Second, he analyzes the kind of relation God bears to creation that follows from these respective understandings. Despite many common goals, Aquinas and Barth ultimately differ on the subject matter of theological reason with consequences for their ability to uphold God's distinctiveness consistently. These mutually informative issues offer some important lessons for contemporary theology.

Thomas Aquinas and Karl Barth

Author : Bruce L. McCormack
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0802869769
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Thomas Aquinas and Karl Barth written by Bruce L. McCormack and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2013-07-20 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Aquinas and Karl Barth are often taken to be two of the greatest theologians in the Christian tradition. This book undertakes a systematic comparison of them through the lens of five key topics: (1) the being of God, (2) Trinity, (3) Christology, (4) grace and justification, and (5) covenant and law. Under each of these headings, a Catholic portrait of Aquinas is presented in comparison with a Protestant portrait of Barth, with the theological places of convergence and contrast highlighted. This volume combines a deep commitment to systematic theology with an equally profound commitment to mutual engagement. Understood rightly and well, Aquinas and Barth contribute powerfully to the future of theology and to an ecumenism that takes doctrinal confession seriously while at the same time seeking unity among Christians. Contributors: John R. Bowlin Holly Taylor Coolman Robert W. Jenson Keith L. Johnson Guy Mansini, O.S.B. Amy Marga Bruce L. McCormack Richard Schenk, O.P. Joseph P. Wawrykow Thomas Joseph White, O.P.