TY - JOUR
T1 - Uforanderligt passioneret
AU - Mørch, Michael Agerbo
PY - 2018/1/1
Y1 - 2018/1/1
N2 - The notion of God as immutable has received severe critique during the last centuries. Critics claim that this doctrine is an import from Greek metaphysics which is alien to the portrait of the biblical God as passionate and relational. In this article, I describe how it remains possible to talk about God as immutable, even after this critique, if we carefully define what is meant by the terminology. I suggest that God is ontologically immutable, but relationally mutable according to his genuine relationship with his creatures. What is always realized in the immanent trinity may take different shapes in the economy as the relationships develop. God has, therefore, different "modes of passion" suitable for every occasion. I conceptualize this understanding in the term "immutably passionate.
AB - The notion of God as immutable has received severe critique during the last centuries. Critics claim that this doctrine is an import from Greek metaphysics which is alien to the portrait of the biblical God as passionate and relational. In this article, I describe how it remains possible to talk about God as immutable, even after this critique, if we carefully define what is meant by the terminology. I suggest that God is ontologically immutable, but relationally mutable according to his genuine relationship with his creatures. What is always realized in the immanent trinity may take different shapes in the economy as the relationships develop. God has, therefore, different "modes of passion" suitable for every occasion. I conceptualize this understanding in the term "immutably passionate.
KW - God
KW - Immutability
KW - Modes of passion
KW - Relations
KW - Trinity
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U2 - 10.7146/dtt.v81i2.109713
DO - 10.7146/dtt.v81i2.109713
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85055990492
VL - 81
SP - 83
EP - 100
JO - Dansk Teologisk Tidsskrift
JF - Dansk Teologisk Tidsskrift
SN - 0105-3191
IS - 2
ER -