Essence and fullness: Evaluating the creator-creature distinction in Jonathan Edwards
Soteriological participation in God, variously termed theosis, divinisation or deification commands widespread interest across the spectrum of Christian theology. A key difficulty is how to maintain the creator-creature distinction, while bridging it to gain intimacy. Jonathan Edwards provides a Ref...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2017]
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Scottish journal of theology
Year: 2017, Volume: 70, Issue: 4, Pages: 427-444 |
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Edwards, Jonathan 1703-1758
/ Deification
/ Trinity
/ Participation
/ Communio
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KDD Protestant Church NBC Doctrine of God NBK Soteriology |
| Further subjects: | B
Participation
B Jonathan Edwards B Divine Essence B methexis B Theosis B Koinonia |
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| Summary: | Soteriological participation in God, variously termed theosis, divinisation or deification commands widespread interest across the spectrum of Christian theology. A key difficulty is how to maintain the creator-creature distinction, while bridging it to gain intimacy. Jonathan Edwards provides a Reformed perspective on this conversation, by way of his distinction between the incommunicable divine essence and the communicable divine fullness. This article clarifies this distinction by evaluating its coherence and exploring whether it divorces God's immanent and economic life. It argues that distinguishing two forms of participation - methexis verses koinonia - clarifies coherence and shows that it does not divide God's being from act. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-3065 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Scottish journal of theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0036930617000382 |