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Dionysian Ponderings: The God Who is Theophany

Posted on 17 June 2018 by

All created being, all that is and will ever be, flows from the one transcendent Deity who is Father, Son, and Spirit. St Dionysius the Areopagite seems to be clear on this point, but it’s difficult to pigeonhole him in one … Continue reading →

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The World is a Hazlenut We Must Nought

Posted on 3 November 2017 by

Of the sixteen showings received by Julian of Norwich on the 15th of May, 1373, the third immediately grabbed my theological attention: The third is that our Lord God, al mighty, all wisdom, and all love, right also verily as … Continue reading →

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Divine Mercy as ‘Immanent Transcendence’ According to Nicaean Metaphysics

Posted on 9 November 2016 by

by Robert F. Fortuin This topic is very exciting to me for several reasons. On a very personal and existential level, it is my firm conviction that God’s mercy is precisely the very reason for, and assurance of, our presence … Continue reading →

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Division of Being in St Gregory of Nyssa’s Contra Eunomium

Posted on 11 July 2016 by

by Robert F. Fortuin The ultimate division of all that exists is made by the line between ‘created’ and ‘uncreated,’ the one being regarded as a cause of what has come into being, the other as coming into being thereby. … Continue reading →

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Why Denial of Divine Simplicity Implies Atheism

Posted on 10 May 2016 by

For much of my theological life, I have not understood the notion of divine simplicity nor thought it important to understand. What has divine simplicity to do with the lively God of the Bible‽ Even after I began to read … Continue reading →

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St Thomas Aquinas: Creatures are nothing but Nothing

Posted on 20 January 2016 by

Is it possible for God to create from out of nothing? This is the question that St Thomas Aquinas explores in his second article on creation in his commentary on the Sentences of Peter Lombard. He answers in the affirmative. … Continue reading →

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St Thomas Aquinas: God as the Act of Being

Posted on 18 January 2016 by

Well over a decade ago, I asked Fr Augustine Dinoia (now Archbishop Dinoia) the best way for me to begin reading St Thomas Aquinas. He recommended Timothy McDermott’s concise translation of the Summa Theologiæ. I began reading the book, making … Continue reading →

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