A Response to Thomas Aquinas and William E. Carroll on Creatio ex Nihilo by Ignacio Silva

A defense of William E Carroll has been offered, contending that his metaphysicalist understanding of divine creation - namely the continual conferral of ‘esse’ - is theologically justified. Here, I explain my position that Carroll confuses an ontological dependency of all creaturely things on God a...

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Main Author: Hannon, Joseph (Author)
Contributors: Silva, Ignacio Alberto 1978- (Bibliographic antecedent)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2021
In: Theology and science
Year: 2021, Volume: 19, Issue: 2, Pages: 100-105
IxTheo Classification:CF Christianity and Science
KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages
NBD Doctrine of Creation
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Summary:A defense of William E Carroll has been offered, contending that his metaphysicalist understanding of divine creation - namely the continual conferral of ‘esse’ - is theologically justified. Here, I explain my position that Carroll confuses an ontological dependency of all creaturely things on God as source of all being with a causal dependency that accounts for how they are structured and behave. By contrast, Thomas Aquinas viewed creation as both an event and a process whereby God acts to produce the physical substance and intricate forms of the material world.
ISSN:1474-6719
Reference:Kritik von "Thomas Aquinas and William E. Carroll on Creatio ex Nihilo: A Response to Joseph Hannon’s “Theological Objections to a Metaphysicalist Interpretation of Creation” (2021)"
Contains:Enthalten in: Theology and science
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/14746700.2021.1910909