The Impassibility of God and the Problem of Evil
According to a certain strand in the orthodox Christian theist tradition, God's impassibility is engendered by his immutable nature. For if God cannot change then he cannot experience pain or sorrow. This fundamental principle was appropriated from Plato, who maintained that a being who is perf...
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Cambridge Univ. Press
1982
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Scottish journal of theology
Year: 1982, Volume: 35, Issue: 2, Pages: 97-115 |
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