Thomas Aquinas' de deo setting the record straight on his theological method

Autores
Smith, Timothy L.
Año de publicación
1998
Idioma
inglés
Tipo de recurso
artículo
Estado
versión publicada
Descripción
Fil: Smith, Timothy L. Universidad de Notre Dame; Estados Unidos
Abstract: Modern theologians have criticized Thomas' presentation of trinitarian doctrine in his Summa Theologiae because it appears to be a rational demonstration of the Trinity from the one divine essence. Taking their cue from, among other things, the ordering of the Summa Theologiae I in which the discussion of God as one (qq. 1-26) preceeds the discussion of God as three (qq. 27-43), they contend that Thomas derives the Persons from the essence by means of «Augustianian psychological speculations». «At the point of departure of his theory, one meets a unique God, subsisting, possessing a spiritual nature, a perfect God, and having all the characteristics of a `personal' God, of a divine Person. In order to study the nature of this God, our doctor applied, by way of analogy, the analysis that he has deduced from psychological observations [...] he proclaims the distinction between God speaking and his Word, between God loving and his Love»1. Thomas' considerations of the intellectual acts of knowing and loving in God are read as leading to the same well-known quandary in which Anselm found himself2. That is, if we attempt to derive the Persons from such acts in God (taken as the divine essence), then we will end up with a multitude of processions since each Person (resulting) will have his own knowledge and love. «[F]e begins from a human philosophical concept of knowledge and love, and from this concept develops a concept of the word and `inclination' of love; and now, after having speculatively applied these concepts to the Trinity, he must admit that this application fails, because he has clung to the 'essentiar concept of knowledge and love, because a 'personal', `notionar concept of the word and `inclination' of love cannot be derived from human experience».
Fuente
Sapientia. 1998, 53 (203)
Materia
METODO
TEOLOGIA
TRINIDAD
DIOS
PRUEBAS DE LA EXISTENCIA DE DIOS
Tomás de Aquino, Santo, 1225?-1274
Nivel de accesibilidad
acceso abierto
Condiciones de uso
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Repositorio
Repositorio Institucional (UCA)
Institución
Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina
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spelling Thomas Aquinas' de deo setting the record straight on his theological methodSmith, Timothy L.METODOTEOLOGIATRINIDADDIOSPRUEBAS DE LA EXISTENCIA DE DIOSTomás de Aquino, Santo, 1225?-1274Fil: Smith, Timothy L. Universidad de Notre Dame; Estados UnidosAbstract: Modern theologians have criticized Thomas' presentation of trinitarian doctrine in his Summa Theologiae because it appears to be a rational demonstration of the Trinity from the one divine essence. Taking their cue from, among other things, the ordering of the Summa Theologiae I in which the discussion of God as one (qq. 1-26) preceeds the discussion of God as three (qq. 27-43), they contend that Thomas derives the Persons from the essence by means of «Augustianian psychological speculations». «At the point of departure of his theory, one meets a unique God, subsisting, possessing a spiritual nature, a perfect God, and having all the characteristics of a `personal' God, of a divine Person. In order to study the nature of this God, our doctor applied, by way of analogy, the analysis that he has deduced from psychological observations [...] he proclaims the distinction between God speaking and his Word, between God loving and his Love»1. Thomas' considerations of the intellectual acts of knowing and loving in God are read as leading to the same well-known quandary in which Anselm found himself2. That is, if we attempt to derive the Persons from such acts in God (taken as the divine essence), then we will end up with a multitude of processions since each Person (resulting) will have his own knowledge and love. «[F]e begins from a human philosophical concept of knowledge and love, and from this concept develops a concept of the word and `inclination' of love; and now, after having speculatively applied these concepts to the Trinity, he must admit that this application fails, because he has clung to the 'essentiar concept of knowledge and love, because a 'personal', `notionar concept of the word and `inclination' of love cannot be derived from human experience».Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras1998info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfhttps://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/128490036-4703Smith, T. L. Thomas Aquinas' de deo setting the record straight on his theological method [en línea]. Sapientia. 1998, 53 (203). Disponible en: https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/12849Sapientia. 1998, 53 (203)reponame:Repositorio Institucional (UCA)instname:Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentinaenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/2025-07-03T10:58:13Zoai:ucacris:123456789/12849instacron:UCAInstitucionalhttps://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/Universidad privadaNo correspondehttps://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/oaiclaudia_fernandez@uca.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:25852025-07-03 10:58:13.884Repositorio Institucional (UCA) - Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentinafalse
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title Thomas Aquinas' de deo setting the record straight on his theological method
spellingShingle Thomas Aquinas' de deo setting the record straight on his theological method
Smith, Timothy L.
METODO
TEOLOGIA
TRINIDAD
DIOS
PRUEBAS DE LA EXISTENCIA DE DIOS
Tomás de Aquino, Santo, 1225?-1274
title_short Thomas Aquinas' de deo setting the record straight on his theological method
title_full Thomas Aquinas' de deo setting the record straight on his theological method
title_fullStr Thomas Aquinas' de deo setting the record straight on his theological method
title_full_unstemmed Thomas Aquinas' de deo setting the record straight on his theological method
title_sort Thomas Aquinas' de deo setting the record straight on his theological method
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TEOLOGIA
TRINIDAD
DIOS
PRUEBAS DE LA EXISTENCIA DE DIOS
Tomás de Aquino, Santo, 1225?-1274
topic METODO
TEOLOGIA
TRINIDAD
DIOS
PRUEBAS DE LA EXISTENCIA DE DIOS
Tomás de Aquino, Santo, 1225?-1274
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Fil: Smith, Timothy L. Universidad de Notre Dame; Estados Unidos
Abstract: Modern theologians have criticized Thomas' presentation of trinitarian doctrine in his Summa Theologiae because it appears to be a rational demonstration of the Trinity from the one divine essence. Taking their cue from, among other things, the ordering of the Summa Theologiae I in which the discussion of God as one (qq. 1-26) preceeds the discussion of God as three (qq. 27-43), they contend that Thomas derives the Persons from the essence by means of «Augustianian psychological speculations». «At the point of departure of his theory, one meets a unique God, subsisting, possessing a spiritual nature, a perfect God, and having all the characteristics of a `personal' God, of a divine Person. In order to study the nature of this God, our doctor applied, by way of analogy, the analysis that he has deduced from psychological observations [...] he proclaims the distinction between God speaking and his Word, between God loving and his Love»1. Thomas' considerations of the intellectual acts of knowing and loving in God are read as leading to the same well-known quandary in which Anselm found himself2. That is, if we attempt to derive the Persons from such acts in God (taken as the divine essence), then we will end up with a multitude of processions since each Person (resulting) will have his own knowledge and love. «[F]e begins from a human philosophical concept of knowledge and love, and from this concept develops a concept of the word and `inclination' of love; and now, after having speculatively applied these concepts to the Trinity, he must admit that this application fails, because he has clung to the 'essentiar concept of knowledge and love, because a 'personal', `notionar concept of the word and `inclination' of love cannot be derived from human experience».
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