The Eternal God: A Defense of Divine Temporality
Christianity affirms the existence of an eternal God. Yet what divine eternality means is a matter of dispute. Throughout the history of Christian thought, two broad views of divine eternality have been considered: timelessness and temporality. This article offers definitions of each view, and expla...
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| Publicado en: | Revista Theologika |
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| Formato: | Artículo de revista |
| Lenguaje: | español |
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Facultad de Teología de la Universidad Peruana Unión
2021
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| Sumario: | Christianity affirms the existence of an eternal God. Yet what divine eternality means is a matter of dispute. Throughout the history of Christian thought, two broad views of divine eternality have been considered: timelessness and temporality. This article offers definitions of each view, and explain some of the basics on the metaphysics of time. It also offers two reasons why divine temporality ispreferable. The first is based on the teachings of Scripture, and the second is based on the incompatibility of divine timelessness and creation out of nothing. |
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| ISSN: | 2413-2470 1022-5390 |