Divine Power and Possibility in St. Peter Damian's De Divina Omnipotentia (Studien Und Texte Zur Geistesgeschichte Des Mittelalters)
Divine Power and Possibility in St. Peter Damian's De Divina Omnipotentia (Studien Und Texte Zur Geistesgeschichte Des Mittelalters)
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Book Description
Contemporary critics have argued that medieval philosophers have transmitted a concept of divine omnipotence that is unintelligible and self-contradictory: one which defines omnipotence as a power capable of producing any effect whatsoever. This study, concentrating upon the first Latin treatise explicitly devoted to omnipotence, places the concept of divine power in its patristic and early medieval context in order to demonstrate that this "traditional" concept of omnipotence was quite unknown among pre-scholastic figures. This work illuminates the patristic and early medieval background to Damian's seminal text and its theological and philosophical concerns. It explores Damian's central argument that God can, if He wills, even annul the past. This conclusion stems from Damian's insistence that divinity's primary attribute is Goodness and not Being. As such, God's power remains constrained only by divine goodness and is able to do anything whatsoever, even effect a logical contradiction, if it is good to do so.
Divine Power and Possibility in St. Peter Damian's De Divina Omnipotentia (Studien Und Texte Zur Geistesgeschichte Des Mittelalters),Irven M. Resnick,Brill Academic Publishers,9004095721,1007?-1072,1007?-1072.,Christianity - Theology - General,De divina omnipotentia,God,God (Theology),History of doctrines,Interior Design - General,Medieval,Middle Ages, 600-1500,Omnipotence,Peter Damian,,Religion,Religion - Theology,Saint,,Specific Members Of Religious Congregations And Orders,Latin,Literary studies: classical, early & medieval,Nature & existence of God,Peter Damian,Western philosophy, c 500 to c 1600
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