ipl-logo

Trinitarian Theology: Pannenberg And The Existence Of God

1835 Words8 Pages

In contemporary Trinitarian theology, there are theologians (i.e. Pannenberg, Rahner, and Balthasar) who are looking more explicitly at the distinct and individual roles that each of the divine persons is appropriated within the act of creation, and they are also searching for a deeper understanding of Trinitarian activity in creation. The Lutheran theologian Wolfhart Pannenberg he has proposed an interesting theology of creation in terms of the divine freedom and relational mutuality that exists between the three divine persons of the Trinity and their action in creation. Pannenberg sees God the Father as the origin of all creatures who grants them existence, cares for them, and who sustains them and allows them to be independent beings. …show more content…

The Son, however, is the primary object of the Father’s love, and the Father’s love for creation is mediated through the Son. Pannenberg sees the Son as the origin of both otherness and difference, and as such the Son’s otherness, distinctness, and independence are also given to all creatures. God the Father’s creative act, according to Pannenberg, reaches its fulfillment in the ongoing independence and distinct existence that each creature possesses. For Pannenberg, the Son’s function is to generate new creatures as well as to order their relationships with one another. As the Logos (i.e. “the Word of God, or principle of divine reason and creative order”), everything in the cosmos acquires its form and rightful place in creation from the …show more content…

The three divine persons relate to one another in an intercommunal manner that is responsible for the creation of a relational universe in which their mutual relations are the reason for its ongoing creation. In this model, the divine persons give expression to who they are through the finite creatures that exist within creation. The Trinity’s self-expression, therefore, not only creates new creatures, but it also allows them to exist and to be independent. In the act of creation, the three divine persons give a portion of what is proper to themselves to the creatures that they create. This is only possible because each person of the Trinity is distinct and is properly engaged in one act of creating. For Rahner, God the Father is the unbegotten creator as well as the fountain and origin of divinity who communicates that divine essence through Jesus and the Holy

Show More
Related
879 Words | 4 Pages

Specifically meaning, the nature of God is monotheistic. Genesis 1-3 consists of the creation of the world, the creation of man and woman, and the fall. The creation of the world explains how God made the world in seven days. Within the creation of the world, the narrative describes how God made everything. He made the night, day, sky, water, earth, animals, plants and stars.

Read More
690 Words | 3 Pages

God’s view of the matter, the

Read More
261 Words | 2 Pages

Francis Schaeffer and James W. Sire present a views of the universe that reflects judeo-scripture in their works. They describe the ideas that God created the universe to be good, and that God continues to oversee and Shepard all that lies within it. God did not simply form the earth with aimless intentions. He had an eternal detailed plan for all He created and would create, and all that He made had a good and holy purpose. In Genesis in Space and Time, Schaeffer conveys it as, “A doxology of all creation-everything glorifying God on its own level” (56).

Read More
923 Words | 4 Pages

Scripture reveals the structure of this conversation, which is marked by three moments: God's total purpose, which is God's ultimate goal of creating a community of the blessed united with God in vision, love, and joy. The second is the free will of humanity in response to God's plan, this is the aspect that maintains God's sovereignty while providing space for human freedom and choice. Lastly, God's response to humanity's response. This is the ultimate conversation between God and beings that are free, demonstrating how God works in harmony with creation. Creation is more than just being.

Read More
1185 Words | 5 Pages

Introduction Jimmy Kimmel’s Man on the Street Interviews likely would herald some hilarious responses when random people respond to the question, “How would you define the Trinity?” Call it pure ignorance, indifference, or misunderstandings, the answers are bound to be as different as the individuals who responded. Wayne Grudem presents three statements, based on Scripture that define the Trinity: 1) God is three persons; 2) Each person is fully God; 3) There is one God (1994, Sect. A.4).

Read More
188 Words | 1 Pages

As he portrays himself as one directly blessed by the gods, his use of third person further stresses upon his divine origins and helps to add a sense of gravity to

Read More
1569 Words | 7 Pages

God In the Christian worldview, God is the ultimate reality. He is Sovereign Creator of all things (Genesis 1). The Trinity, defined as three persons in one substance, is the Godhead comprised of: God the Father, God the Son (Jesus who is fully God and fully man), and God the Holy

Read More
932 Words | 4 Pages

Religion assignment 1 A modern depiction of God It says in John 1:1 that “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the word was God”. These words reflect a description of God, that nothing existed before God and everything existed after God. Without God, there would be no creation and no life. Psalm 104 celebrates the majesty of God as the Creator of all that is, all that has been and all that will be.

Read More
233 Words | 1 Pages

The other is the metaphysical Being without any physical form，which is the personal Divinity that dominates the world, the law of nature and the origin of the universe, and the Ultimate One from whom human beings receive their destiny22. In addition, he also illustrated the relation between Tian 天

Read More
964 Words | 4 Pages

With this, it can be seen that God is thought of as an all powerful and all giving divine power. References to God in this manner occurred throughout the Shabbat service and was recurring in the Shabbat prayer book. During the service, for example, God was referred to as an “inexplicable” and “unfathomable” being “that calls us” to our true purpose in life. Here, God is depicted not only as a divine being, but also the creator of our path and as a driving force to become greater people, and in turn, create a better nation. This relates to the concept of God’s will for is us to not only better ourselves, but better the community around, aspiring to please God and incorporate Him into everything we do.

Read More
612 Words | 3 Pages

Thus, -A is God as he contains all possibilities, and +A is God as he actually expresses all possibilities. If these two were the only stages to be found in God's life, we would be stuck with two irreconcilable and opposing terms, something which would seem to break God’s unity. The solution of this impasse is +-A, the third potency as the cause which is the object of itself, in which the two opposites meet one another as the source of everything is one with the positive

Read More
1425 Words | 6 Pages

While doing so, the fisherman also bestows God with power by claiming that all belong and eventually return to his possession. Considering that the fisherman uses God to benefit himself, while acknowledging God’s superior role, it appears clear that the fisherman’s action counter common beliefs about the status of God. This contrasting and mistaken belief equates to a fallacy. It appears evident that God is depicted in two ways throughout the text: He acts as a ‘a tool’ whom characters may use to benefit themselves and portrays an “almighty being” that is responsible for the creation of all life. These two roles are unable to function simultaneously, as they directly contrast one another.

Read More
1041 Words | 5 Pages

Gunton maintains the importance of the Trinitarian understanding of God-world relationship in his doctrine of creation. To him, we can envisage the reality of creation because God the Father creates the world with his two hands (the Son and

Read More
1435 Words | 6 Pages

This is known as the economic Trinity and this brings us to a question of distinction. The distinction is in the roles that each person in the Godhead plays in creation and redemption. Thus it is the Father who sends the Son into the world for our redemption. It is the Son who acquires our redemption for us.

Read More
1407 Words | 6 Pages

SOME OTHER REFLECTIONS The doctrine of Trinity is the foundation of Christianity. One cannot comprehend God’s creation, salvation, the call to community, prayer, and many other expressions of the Christian faith without it. There are several considerations that Trinitarian Theology alone can make sense of. First, the nature of God is impossible to explain apart from Trinitarian Theology.

Read More

More about Trinitarian Theology: Pannenberg And The Existence Of God

Related Topics

Open Document