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Does ‘God’ exist?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 October 2005

A. N. Williams
A. N. Williams
Affiliation:
Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge, CB2 1RH anw25@cam.ac.uk
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Abstract

The essay considers the possible meanings of ‘God’ in Christian discourse, given its assertorial usage and in light of the doctrine of the Trinity. Examination of the grammar of analogous sentences highlights the problems of using ‘God’ as the subject of verbs of agency. In light of the enhypostasization of divine nature within the three persons of the Trinity, and in no other context, ‘God’ cannot designate any one person of the Trinity, nor the Three together, nor divine nature conceived anhypostatically and, given its propensity to mislead, use of ‘God’ in Christian discourse is called into question.

Type
Research Article
Information
Scottish Journal of Theology , Volume 58 , Issue 4 , November 2005 , pp. 468 - 484
Copyright
Scottish Journal of Theology Ltd 2005

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