Incarnating the Impassible God: A Scotistic Transcendental Account of the Passions of the Soul
The problem of divine impassibility, i.e., of whether the divine nature in Christ could suffer, stands at the center of a debate regarding the nature of God and his relation to us. Whereas philosophical reasoning regarding the divine nature maintains that the divine is immutable and perfect in every...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2021
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Heythrop journal
Year: 2021, Volume: 62, Issue: 6, Pages: 1081-1098 |
IxTheo Classification: | KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages NBC Doctrine of God NBF Christology |
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Summary: | The problem of divine impassibility, i.e., of whether the divine nature in Christ could suffer, stands at the center of a debate regarding the nature of God and his relation to us. Whereas philosophical reasoning regarding the divine nature maintains that the divine is immutable and perfect in every respect, theological needs generated an ever-growing demand for a passionate God truly able to participate in the suffering of his creatures. Correlating with the different approaches of Thomas Aquinas and John Duns Scotus, this paper aims to develop, in a speculative manner, key Scotistic insights in order to reconcile the need to preserve God's perfection with the passionate God who loves and suffers with his creatures. |
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ISSN: | 1468-2265 |
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/heyj.13320 |