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God the Father in the Theology of St. Thomas Aquinas (Hardcover, New edition)
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God the Father in the Theology of St. Thomas Aquinas (Hardcover, New edition)
Series: American University Studies, 324
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God the Father in the Theology of St. Thomas Aquinas is an
exposition of Aquinas' theology of God the Father as a coherent
whole. Surprising as it might be, there has not been an extended
treatment of Aquinas' theology of God the Father. Three
misconceptions are addressed: (1) the idea that Aquinas'
speculative Trinitarian theology is detached from Scripture; (2)
the supposition that in Aquinas' understanding, the Father's
relation to the Holy Spirit is an afterthought to the Father's
relation to the Son; and (3) the view that for Thomas, the Father
has no proper mode of action in the created universe - since Thomas
maintains that in all ad extra activity, the Trinity acts as a
single principle. Two less polemical, more perennial issues are
discussed as well. First, the concept of relation, as the key to a
coherent account of three distinct persons in one same divine
essence, emerges as an important theme in Aquinas' exposition of
the Father's paternity and innascibility. Second, Aquinas
understands the Father as the source of unity in the Trinity and as
the beginning and end of the whole created universe. It becomes
clear that St. Thomas places forceful emphasis on the Son's
equality to the Father and on the radical difference between the
creator and the creature.
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