Goodness, gratitude and divine freedom
This essay considers the goodness of God and the psalmists' gratitude toward God in connection with divine aseity and divine freedom. The plenitude of God's goodness entails that he is fully sufficient and actualised in himself. The psalmists' gratitude toward God implies that he acts...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2022
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| In: |
Scottish journal of theology
Year: 2022, Volume: 75, Issue: 1, Pages: 33-42 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Psalms
/ God
/ Freedom
/ Goodness
/ Actus purus
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament NBC Doctrine of God |
| Further subjects: | B
Psalms
B Divine Freedom B divine goodness B pure act |
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| Summary: | This essay considers the goodness of God and the psalmists' gratitude toward God in connection with divine aseity and divine freedom. The plenitude of God's goodness entails that he is fully sufficient and actualised in himself. The psalmists' gratitude toward God implies that he acts in freedom when he communicates his goodness to creatures. The essay then explores how contemplating this teaching in the Psalter can help us to articulate in a broader dogmatic scope the coherence of God's pure actuality, freedom and constancy. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-3065 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Scottish journal of theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0036930621000806 |