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Patterns of Christological CategorisationThe Third Category: Traditional Jewish MonotheismJewish Monotheism and Classical BinitarianBinitarian or TrinitarianTrinitarianMonotheismMonotheism

Patterns of Christological Categorisation: The Third Category: Traditional Jewish... [This chapter moves the hermeneutical inquiry from the generic actions of the two distinct figures seen in early Judaism, and among modern christologists, to the classical tradition during the patristic era of the early church. It focuses not just on ‘generic action’ between the Father and the Son (and the Holy Spirit) but on the concepts of numeric identity of nature and essence as guarantors for monotheism. I explored the views of Gregory of Nyssa (action determines nature) and St Thomas Aquinas (nature determines action), to see whether these are viable models undergirding monotheism, and if such could be affirmed from the Gospel of John. I discuss the possibility of Leibniz’s Law ‘Identity of Indiscernibles’ to see whether aspects of philosophical theology would help in elucidating the hermeneutical approach to understanding action and nature among the distinct divine figures of Trinitarian Monotheism.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Patterns of Christological CategorisationThe Third Category: Traditional Jewish MonotheismJewish Monotheism and Classical BinitarianBinitarian or TrinitarianTrinitarianMonotheismMonotheism

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Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
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978-3-031-25874-9
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109 –133
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10.1007/978-3-031-25875-6_4
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[This chapter moves the hermeneutical inquiry from the generic actions of the two distinct figures seen in early Judaism, and among modern christologists, to the classical tradition during the patristic era of the early church. It focuses not just on ‘generic action’ between the Father and the Son (and the Holy Spirit) but on the concepts of numeric identity of nature and essence as guarantors for monotheism. I explored the views of Gregory of Nyssa (action determines nature) and St Thomas Aquinas (nature determines action), to see whether these are viable models undergirding monotheism, and if such could be affirmed from the Gospel of John. I discuss the possibility of Leibniz’s Law ‘Identity of Indiscernibles’ to see whether aspects of philosophical theology would help in elucidating the hermeneutical approach to understanding action and nature among the distinct divine figures of Trinitarian Monotheism.]

Published: Mar 29, 2023

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