✅PHILOSOPHY: Nature And Attributes Of God Flashcards
What is boethius’ book called
“Consolation of philosophy, book V”
What is Anslems book called
De Concordia
What is swinburnes book called
The coherence of theism part II
What is Varys book called
The puzzle of God
What is Macquarries book called
Principles of Christian theology
What topics are covered in this topic
Omnipotence, omnibenevolence, omniscience, eternity and free will
What is omnipotence
Divine powers and self imposed limitation
What is omniscience
Divine knowledge and its interaction with temporary existence and free will
What is benevolence
Divine love and just judgement of human actions
Which scholar is important in omnibenevolence
Boethius arguing for divine forknowdge, eternity and free willy
What is eternity
Divine eternity and action in time, including anselms 4 dimensionalist approach and boethius
What is free will
Extent to which human free will reasonably coexists with these attributes
What is divine action
The view /belief that god directly intervened in the world
What does chalmers smith say that’s supports God is amazing
“Immortal, invisible God only wise.,”
What does psalms say about the creator
You search out my path ., even before a word is one my tongue
In the beginning lord, you load down foundations of the earth
Hebrews
What does Christian creeds think about Gods power
All power. Only the most powerful thing, and the source of all existence “I believe in god the father almighty creator of heaven and earth”
What does Descartes think about omnipotence
yes, God can do anything. god has power to do actions which are logically impossible or self contradictory. 1+1=5 God could do. god could have created world with wholly different arithmetic. god could change the laws of physics.
What does Swinburne think about omnipotence
God is limited to the logically possible. Descartes is crazy. Most theists insist on limiting Gods powers to logically possible. “Can’t make a square circle” since there is no task being described by the phase making a round square.
What did Aquinas say about round squares
“It is better to say that some things cannot be done, trainer than God cannot do them”
What does Aquinas think about omnipotence
God cannot sin. Impossible forgod to do so. Sinning isn’t a rational action. Failure to do what is right. It’s a kind of error.
God is perfect and therefore can’t make a mistake
A sin is a mistake (in morality)
Therefore God cannot sin
What is kenosis
Claim that God. By becoming Jesus had to humble himself or being less than omnipotent.
Why did God limit his powers?
Deliberately limits them. Self limitation due to Jesus. Make himself vulnerable and eventually die on the cross
What does Peter vardy say about omnipotence
God is not in control of the whole human history like pieces on a chess board. Wrong to suggest everything happens because of the will of god.