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Identity
Identity is a unique and interesting relation. To understand what modalism is, and in some cases to follow what philosophers who discuss the Trinity are getting so excited about, one needs to be clear...
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Diagram: Shield of Faith
How many times have you seen one of these offered as an explanation or illustration of the doctrine of the Trinity? There’s a really neat article about these here, complete with some links to real...
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If Modalism about the Son were true, then…
I’ve been harping on modalism about the Son for a while now, and I’ve even given what I think is a convincing argument against it. Still, what if it is false? Why do I care? Why do I think it matters?...
View ArticleLeftow 3: “A Latin Trinity”– Part 2
Last time, we saw the set-up from Leftow. He’s aiming at orthodoxy, which to him means theorizing in the tradition of the great medieval Latin-speaking theologians. He’s spent a good amount of ink...
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Constitution Trinitarianism Part 6: summing up
Is Ned in trouble? Here’s a quick post to wrap up the series on Brower’s and Rea’s constitution theory of the Trinity. First, it’s striking how original and self-consistent their approach is. It is...
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perfection, the Trinity, and impossible beings (Dale)
“This clears it all up, right?” Anselm: “Um, no. I must bestow upon it the analytic frown of uncomprehension.” (image credit) I used to think I had a great objection to Anselm’s famous ontological...
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Linkage: Impossible World Site and Blog (Dale)
Impossibly beautiful. Literally. (image credit) Check it out: a whole site and blog devoted to art featuring impossible objects! I can’t help but think that the picture above had a trinitarian...
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Dealing with Apparent Contradictions: Part 19 – Review of Antognazza on Leibniz
Maria Rosa Antognazza teaches at King’s College London, where she also directs the Centre for the History of Philosophical Theology. She has written a highly praised forthcoming intellectual biography...
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Don’t think/write like a contemporary theologian – Part 5 – identity blabber
Barak Hussein Obama, as I write this, enjoys untold legions of fans. Some of them identify him with Jesus, or with Abe Lincoln, or Franklin Delano Roosevelt, or Moses. What I just said is true. But...
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“Trinity” @ the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Little known fact: overwork causes one’s neck to become invisible! After an embarrassing amount of time, I’ve finally finished my encyclopedia entry on the Trinity for the Stanford Encyclopedia of...
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Book review: Randal Rauser’s Faith Lacking Understanding
Note: this review originally appeared in Religious Studies Review. FAITH LACKING UNDERSTANDING: THEOLOGY ‘THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY’. By Randal Rauser. Colorado Springs, CO: Paternoster, 2008. This...
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Linkage: Mavericking Mysteries
Just be glad I didn’t pick a picture of John McCain! Over at the Maverick Philosopher, Bill Vallicella and some others have been on a tear of philosophical theology, specifically on appeal to mysteries...
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Gregory of Nazianzus – an early dialetheist? (Dale)
Philosopher Graham Priest is notorious for his claim that there are true contradictions. I have to confess that when I first heard this years ago, I thought the people telling me were pulling my leg....
View ArticleWhat kind of philosophy should theologians study?
Here’s sound advice for non-philosophers, including theologians, who are interested in philosophy, in an interview with distinguished philosopher Timothy Williamson. The interview starts slowly, but...
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Richard of St. Victor’s De Trinitate, Ch. 23
Now, to resume our drawn out and often-stalled series on Richard of St. Victor, in which we blog through the entirety of book III of his De Trinitate (On the Trinity), in which he famously /...
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Richard of St. Victor’s De Trinitate, Ch. 24 (Dale)
In chapter 24, Richard says that Certainly one and the same substance is not something greater or lesser, better or worse than itself. Therefore, [there are no inequalities among members of the...
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Scoring the Burke – Bowman Debate – Intro (Dale)
Over at Parchment and Pen, there’s a six week, six-installment debate starting over “the” doctrine of the Trinity. That is, what I’ve elsewhere called the orthodox formulas – that each Person “is” God,...
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SCORING THE BURKE – BOWMAN DEBATE – Burke 1
In round 1, Burke explains that he’s a biblical unitarian, not a “rationalist” or “universalist” unitarian. Further, he confesses that: Jesus Christ is the Son of God, but not God himself and The Holy...
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Richard of St. Victor’s De Trinitate, Ch. 25 (Dale)
At long last, we’ve reached the 25th and last chapter of book three of Richard of St. Victor’s De Trinitate! (Here are the other Richard-related posts here @ trinities.) Richard starts off with the...
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SCORING THE BURKE – BOWMAN DEBATE – Bowman 1
I take it the purpose of the debate is whether or not “the” doctrine of the Trinity is derivable from the Bible. What is this doctrine, exactly? The burden falls on Bowman to be clear about just what...
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