On Getting First Things First: Assessing Claims for the Primacy of Christ

Adopting modal logic the doctrine of the primacy of Christ is defined and defended in relation to the Thomistic – Scotistic debates over the primary and efficient causes of the incarnation. This leads to a defence of the Scotistic thesis and a reserved affirmation for the Scotistic hypothesis that t...

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Main Author: Habets, Myk 1971- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2009
In: New blackfriars
Year: 2009, Volume: 90, Issue: 1027, Pages: 343-364
Further subjects:B Incarnation
B Thomistic
B Primacy
B Scotistic
B Falling
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Summary:Adopting modal logic the doctrine of the primacy of Christ is defined and defended in relation to the Thomistic – Scotistic debates over the primary and efficient causes of the incarnation. This leads to a defence of the Scotistic thesis and a reserved affirmation for the Scotistic hypothesis that there would have been an incarnation irrespective of the fall. This hypothesis is tested by reference to the work of four recent theologians, Thomas Weinandy O.F.M. cap., Karl Barth, Jürgen Moltmann, and Thomas Torrance. Finally, a sketch describing another possible-world incarnation that builds upon the Scotistic hypothesis is provided.
ISSN:1741-2005
Contains:Enthalten in: New blackfriars
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-2005.2008.00240.x