tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14247942.post8123700329226631384..comments2023-08-10T05:32:21.163-04:00Comments on An Examined Life: Absolute Divine SimplicityVitae Scrutatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12808120163472036743noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14247942.post-26672998468293320912006-12-06T18:02:00.000-05:002006-12-06T18:02:00.000-05:00bedwere
I agree with you. But note three things:
...bedwere<br /><br />I agree with you. But note three things:<br /><br />(1) What you say is consistent with what I wrote ("we cannot comprehend it <i>prior to</i>..." does not entail that we <i>can</i> comprehend it after).<br /><br />(2) The opinions of St. Thomas, while worthy of careful consideration, are not binding in and of themselves.<br /><br />(3) I forget what the third thing was. Anyway, thanks for your comment.Vitae Scrutatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12808120163472036743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14247942.post-36341573015999806592006-12-06T17:47:00.000-05:002006-12-06T17:47:00.000-05:00Very interesting blog. I don't agree with this:
i...Very interesting blog. I don't agree with this:<br /><br /><i>it may be that it is simply impossible for us to fully comprehend God's essence prior to beholding him in the Beatific Vision</i><br /><br />Actually not even the blessed can comprehend the infinite God. Not even the Blessed Virgin Mary. <br /><br /><a>http://www.corpusthomisticum.org/sth1003.html#28736</a>bedwerehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08339741971886945010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14247942.post-25521269134838720412006-12-06T13:43:00.000-05:002006-12-06T13:43:00.000-05:00One rather clever way used by the Schoolmen to dis...One rather clever way used by the Schoolmen to distinguish God's freedom from this sort of "picking and choosing among possible worlds" concept was to resort to exactly what distinguishes God from creation in all respects, namely, his lack of finitude. God's freedom, therefore, is expressed in terms of a lack of limits, so that even though we can have no concept of <i>how</i> God is free (His mode of existence being incomprehensible), we can affirm <i>that</i> He is free, simply because creation is not capable of imposing any limit or necessity on Him. In effect, it connects up the idea of not being able to comprehend God's eternity (despite being able to affirm it) with not being able to comprehend God's freedom (despite being able to affirm it). A rather neat and consistent conceptual approach! It also helps to illuminate how the concept of divine simplicity functioned in Western thought; it was effectively a dividing line for identifying these classes of questions where we would be unable to speak (or even conceptualize) properly.CrimsonCatholichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08623996344637714843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14247942.post-22347295374268876442006-12-05T18:31:00.000-05:002006-12-05T18:31:00.000-05:00It seems to me that this sort of thing is congruen...It seems to me that this sort of thing is congruent for theology to the point when physics starts looking at the beginning of the universe, and weird things start to emerge.<br /><br />But if people can imagine a time when all the forces were really one force, and that in a way they still are, it shouldn't be too hard to imagine that all the virtues in their pure state and in eternity, are just one virtue.<br /><br />Writing the equations for such a Grand Unified Theory is a considerably more difficult matter than just a vague imagining, though! I'm glad that's not my job. :)Bansheehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12594214770417497135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14247942.post-17622019179969484962006-12-02T21:25:00.000-05:002006-12-02T21:25:00.000-05:00Not bad at all, Scott.
I've taken a cue from you ...Not bad at all, Scott.<br /><br />I've taken a cue from you and dedicated my latest and longest <i>filioque</i> article to Al Kimel. Also, since that article contains a reference to DDS, I shall post on my blog a reference to your post.<br /><br />I look forward to working more closely together.<br /><br />Best,<br />MikeMike Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18100363229707213441noreply@blogger.com