Doctrine of God
A Classical Response to Relational Theism
A Classical Response to Relational Theism (Kindle version). My doctoral dissertation was published a few weeks ago, by Pickwick (the monograph series imprint of Wipf&Stock). The writing […]
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Church History & Historical Theology
St. John of Damascus – Incarnation, Union, and Concerto
St. John (c. 652–c. 750) was born and raised in Damascus. He began a career of civil service, but then joined his brother as a monk at the […]
Church History & Historical Theology
Hilary of Poitiers: The Painlessness of Christ
Hilary of Poitiers (c. 315–367) is one of the greatest of the Western church fathers, but he is the least studied. His work, De Trinitate, in response to […]
Church History & Historical Theology
Athanasius: Divine Simplicity as True Existence
Early Church Father, Athanasius (c. 296–373) Bishop of Alexandria (Egypt) was a giant figure in the advancement and preservation of orthodox Christianity. He labored more than anyone to […]
Church History & Historical Theology
Origen: How is the Son the Invisible Image of the Invisible God?
Early Church Father Origen of Alexandria (c. 185–c. 254), considered the “greatest theological luminary of his age,”[1] his prolific writings amassed to some six thousand works. While his […]
Church History & Historical Theology
Irenaeus: How Can Man Understand or Know in His Heart the Unknowable God?
Early Church Father, Irenaeus (c. AD 120–202), served the Lord as bishop of Lyons. One of his greatest contributions to the Christian Faith was his apologetic engagement with […]
Doctrine of God
Aquinas on the Eternality of God
A summary from Summa Contra Gentiles – book 1: God God is eternal. That which has a beginning and ending begins and ends through motion or change. God […]
Church History & Historical Theology
Anselm on God’s Act of Creating
In Monologium, XXIX, Anselm moves into a discussion of God’s self-expression, which is an examination of the Spirit’s expression (locutio) through which all things were created. Prior to […]