"Active and Passive Potency" in Thomistic Angelology - Couverture souple

Kainz, Howard P.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9024712955 ISBN 13 : 9789024712953

Editeur : Springer, 1972

Synopsis

A. "SEPARATE SUBSTANCES" AND lOR" ANGELS"? It is interesting to note that, in an expressly theological treatise such as the Summa theologiae, St. Thomas generally uses the term "angel", in preference to "separate substance"; while in works with a less explicit theological intent - e. g. the Summa contra gentiles and the De substantiis separatis 1 - he generally prefers the term "separate substance". But at any rate there is little doubt that the two terms, "separate sub- stance" and "angel" have a certain interchangeability and equivalence in the works of St. Thomas. In other words, "the separate substance" is equivalent to "the angel, insofar as its existence and attributes are knowable through human reason alone". And this has led Karl Barth 2 to charge that St. Thomas' angelology is primarily a philosophical presenta- tion, with little relevance to theology. 1 We might say that these works are "philosophical" insofar as arguments from reason are emphasized in them, rather than arguments from revelation or faith. However, as Lescoe points out (in the Introduction to his edition of the De substantUs separatis, p. 8), the treatise on separate substances leads up to theological subject-matter in Ch. 's XVII ff- namely, an exposition of Catholic teaching as found in Sacred Scripture, the Fathers, and especially Dionysius. And Chenu maintains that the Summa contra gentiles is basically a theological work, because it not only leads up to theological subject-matter in Bk.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

A direct textual study of an important sector of St. Thomas is made by H. P. Kainz, 'Actice and Passive Potency' in Thomistic Angelology. Angelology both explicates and tests some Thomistic principles and also serves projectively to work out problems on human ideals, value, and social ordering -Cross Currents "The author first raises the question whether St. Thomas' treatise on the angels is philosophical rather than theological in its outlook. He offers a number of valuable observations on the sources and scope of Thomistic angelology. The author shows a good grasp of the problems involved" -Divus Thomas

Biographie de l'auteur

Howard Kainz is Professor Emeritus at Marquette University, Milwaukee. He was a recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship for 1977-1978, and Fulbright fellowships in Germany for 1980-1981 and 1987-1988. His major publications include Paradox, Dialectic and System (a988), Democracy and the Kingdom of God (1993), and The Existence of God and the Faith-Instinct (2010).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer
• Date d'édition: 1972
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9024712955
• ISBN 13: 9789024712953
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 116
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