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1 online resource (xiii, 203 pages) |
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Oxford theological monographs |
| Contents |
Cover -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Aristotle on production -- 1.2 Avicenna on production -- 1.3 Basic problems: creation and subordination -- 1.4 Points of agreement -- 1.5 Conclusion -- PART I : HOW A DIVINE PERSON IS PRODUCED -- 2. Change and Production -- 2.1 An Aristotelian model of change -- 2.2 Categorizing changes -- 2.3 Production -- 2.4 Divine production -- 3. Henry of Ghent -- 3.1 Solving the creation problem -- 3.2 Divine begetting and terrestrial begetting -- 3.3 The terminus of production -- 3.4 Disanalogies |
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""3.5 Conclusion""""4. Scotus against Henry""; ""4.1 The terminus of change and production""; ""4.2 Divine production is not a mere change in relationship""; ""4.3 The subject of incompatible properties""; ""4.4 Conclusion""; ""5. Scotus on the Son�s Production""; ""5.1 Begetting does not require any materials""; ""5.2 The Son is not created from nothing""; ""5.3 The Son is begotten from the Father�s substance""; ""5.4 The constitution of the divine persons""; ""5.5 Conclusion""; ""6. Ockham against Scotus""; ""6.1 The formal terminus of production"" |
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""6.2 The terminus of divine production""""7. Ockham against Henry""; ""7.1 The divine essence is not a literal lump of matter""; ""7.2 The divine essence is not like a lump of matter""; ""7.3 Conclusion""; ""PART II: HOW A DIVINE PERSON IS A PRODUCER""; ""8. Action and Producers""; ""8.1 Action""; ""8.2 Power""; ""8.3 What is the source of divine production?""; ""9. Henry of Ghent on Powers""; ""9.1 Henry�s ontology of powers""; ""9.2 Powers can exist in the Godhead""; ""10. Henry of Ghent on Powers in the Godhead""; ""10.1 The basis for divine activity and power"" |
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""10.2 One basis for many divine activities and powers""""10.3 The power to produce another divine person""; ""11. Scotus against Henry""; ""11.1 The divine essence does not need any determination""; ""11.2 Relationships cannot determine powers""; ""11.3 Relationships are required for divine production""; ""12. Scotus on Power and Perfection""; ""12.1 Subordinationism""; ""12.2 The divine essence is a perfect power source""; ""13. Ockham against Henry""; ""13.1 Relationships cannot determine anything�s activity""; ""13.2 Fatherhood is not the source of the Father�s reproductive activity"" |
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""14. Ockham on the Source of Divine Production""""14.1 The source of productive activity""; ""14.2 The power source for the Father�s reproductive activity""; ""14.3 Productive acts are not produced""; ""14.4 Conclusion""; ""15. Conclusion""; ""15.1 How a divine person is produced""; ""15.2 How a divine person is a producer""; ""15.3 Solving the creation and subordination problems""; ""15.4 Scholastic philosophy and theological orthodoxy""; ""Works Cited""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S"" |
| Summary |
This volume examines the central ideas that defined the debate about divine production in the Trinity in the late 13th and early 14th centuries, namely those of Henry of Ghent, John Duns Scotus, and William Ockham. Their discussions are significant for the history of trinitarian theology and the history of philosophy |
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Pt. 1. How a divine person is produced -- Change and production -- Henry of Ghent -- Scotus against Henry -- Scotus on the son's production -- Ockham against Scotus -- Ockham against Henry -- Pt. 2. How a divine person is a producer -- Action and producers -- Henry of Ghent on powers -- Henry of Ghent on powers in the Godhead -- Scotus against Henry -- Scotus on power and perfection -- Ockham against Henry -- Ockham on the source of divine production -- Conclusion |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-199) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Henry, of Ghent, 1217?-1293.
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Duns Scotus, John, approximately 1266-1308
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William, of Ockham, approximately 1285-approximately 1349.
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Duns Scotus, John, approximately 1266-1308 fast |
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Henry, of Ghent, 1217?-1293 fast |
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William, of Ockham, approximately 1285-approximately 1349 fast |
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Trinity -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
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RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- General.
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Trinity -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191629686 |
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0191629685 |
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