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Is God the Author of Sin?

Posted on 10 January 2017 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Is God the author of sin? The question assumes paramount importance when evaluating the construal of divine and human agency advanced by Hugh J. McCann. Popular theodicies seek to protect God from responsibility for human evil. That’s the upshot of … Continue reading →

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God Makes Us Freely Acting

Posted on 7 January 2017 by Fr Aidan Kimel

“We seem almost compelled,” remarks Hugh McCann, “to think there is some competition here: that when it comes to free will there is no way that both we and God can both have legitimate prerogatives, no way that one can … Continue reading →

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God Differs Differently: How Divine Transcendence Makes Possible the God-Man

Posted on 7 June 2016 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Docetism, Sabellianism, Subordinationism, Arianism, Nestorianism, Monophysitism—we know the names of the famous heresies that plagued the Church during the first millennium. Perhaps we can even describe them and explain why they were rejected. But what may not be clear in … Continue reading →

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Creatio ex Nihilo: The Grammar of Agency

Posted on 19 April 2015 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Until we grasp the radical transcendence of the eternal Creator, we cannot think rightly either his providential action in the world or of the peculiar freedom that we, as creatures, enjoy in him. Like the ancient Greeks we typically conceive … Continue reading →

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Creatio ex Nihilo: The Grammar of Transcendence

Posted on 15 April 2015 by Fr Aidan Kimel

“The Rule of Truth that we hold is this: There is one God Almighty, who created all things through His Word. He both prepared and made all things out of nothing, just as Scripture says: For by the word of … Continue reading →

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