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![]() International Journal of Systematic TheologyVolume 7 Issue 4, Pages 414 - 427 Published Online: 22 Sep 2005 © 2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Abstract | Full Text: PDF (Size: 67K) | Related Articles | Citation Tracking Aquinas, the Trinity and the Limits of Understanding Copyright Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2005 ABSTRACTAbstract: Thomas's trinitarian doctrine is commonly criticized as being abstract and unbiblical; several writers have offered defences against this charge, but these perhaps ignore too much the genuinely reticent and apophatic aspects of Thomas's thought. In three particular places, it is argued, Thomas can be read as deliberately saying things that are unexplained and unexplainable. The areas considered are: the notion of processions in God; the presentation of the persons as subsistent relations; and the relationship between the subsistent relations and the divine essence. |
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