Jul
26
Beyond being: essence, existence, and creeds
July 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment
As Catholics we have in the Creed recited on Sundays the following:
We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is seen and unseen. We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, [...]
Jul
16
“It depends upon what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is” President Bill Clinton 1998
Previously, some discussion about God and His transcendence of Being: This of course is in contravention to Aristotle and his commentators, Ibn Sina, Ibn Rushd and St. Thomas Aquinas. Aquinas, as I have said and contrary to the assumptions of certain [...]
Jul
4
Idols of intellection
July 4, 2009 | 2 Comments
Is the God of our intellection in fact God or an icon or idol of God? Is the God of our ideas, our belief a poor image of the God of Faith, Faith which is infused and self-revelatory rather than the eidolon, the Caesarean coin whose image is grasped at and exchanged by pen and [...]
