TO THE GLORY OF HIS GRACE: The Doctrine of Divine Simplicity and its Interrelatedness to the Economy of God in Salvation

Autor:	Robb Lawrence Torseth
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	Scholasticism Philosophy media_common.quotation_subject Divine simplicity Ontology Doctrine Simplicity Glory Epistemology media_common
Zdroj:	MAHABBAH: Journal of Religion and Education. 2:143-159
ISSN:	2723-147X 2746-2366
DOI:	10.47135/mahabbah.v2i2.27
Popis:	It is a contemporary trend by many theologians and philosophers to view the Doctrine of Divine Simplicity (from hereon, DDS) as an unnecessary, illogical, and problematic addendum of scholasticism to theology proper. However, upon further investigation, this doctrine is found to be prevalent and implied in biblically orthodox ontology. Furthermore, it may be shown that the DDS bears potentially broad ramifications to how we understand the Trinity (given that it proceeds from simplicity in logical priority) and, subsequently, how we understand the initial, sustained, and perfected work of God in salvation through grace. Therefore, contrary to current theological trends, it may be stated that the DDS is, in fact, a centrifugal, practical, and even indispensablepart of the Christian understanding of how we know God.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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