Simply Given: Self-Gift and Consubstantiality in Aquinas and Social Trinitarianism

Social Trinitarians have long argued that a strong reading of consubstantiality rules out the possibility of anything interpersonal – including interpersonal self-giving – in God. I argue that, for Aquinas, the claim that all three persons are identical to the same nature is no threat to interperson...

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Main Author: Higgins, Michael 1963- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2024
In: International journal of systematic theology
Year: 2024, Volume: 26, Issue: 3, Pages: 274-293
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Summary:Social Trinitarians have long argued that a strong reading of consubstantiality rules out the possibility of anything interpersonal – including interpersonal self-giving – in God. I argue that, for Aquinas, the claim that all three persons are identical to the same nature is no threat to interpersonal self-giving. Nor is it merely compatible with interpersonal self-giving. Instead, it is necessary for the fullest possible self-giving: if the Father and the Son did not share a single nature, then the Father could not give everything he has to the Son.
ISSN:1468-2400
Contains:Enthalten in: International journal of systematic theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/ijst.12685