Jonathan Edwards on God's Relation to Creation
In this paper I shall focus on the old and difficult classical theological question of whether God has a real relation to the created order. The worry is this: if God is really related to the creation (as, say, I am really related to my children) then this seems to jeopardize his doctrine of divine...
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| Language: | English |
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the Jonathan Edwards Center at Yale Universiry
[2018]
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Jonathan Edwards studies
Year: 2018, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 2-16 |
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| Summary: | In this paper I shall focus on the old and difficult classical theological question of whether God has a real relation to the created order. The worry is this: if God is really related to the creation (as, say, I am really related to my children) then this seems to jeopardize his doctrine of divine aseity. God is metaphysically and psychologically independent of the created order (i.e., exists a se). So he cannot stand in a real relation to the creation. However, this poses serious conceptual problems for the Christian theologian |
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| ISSN: | 2159-6875 |
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