Trinitarian Ontologies

Eduard Fiedler Ph.D.; Assist.-Prof. Pavel Frývaldský Th.D

doi:10.5771/9783495993484

Summary

This volume gathers contributions from the 2021 New Trinitarian Ontologies Panel in Münster and the 2023 Persons from the Trinity Conference in Prague. The first section introduces Trinitarian ontology as a novel approach bridging the analytical and continental divide. The second section demonstrates that it is genealogically rooted in the theological transformation of philosophy during late antiquity and medieval philosophy. The third section connects these traditions with the 20th Century project of Trinitarian ontology, asking what is new about Trinitarian ontology. Finally, the fourth section focuses on the anthropological and political contexts in which the Trinitarian transformation of philosophy is taking place today. With contributions byJiří Baroš | David A. C. Bennett | Maria Benedetta Curi | Martin Danišek | Markus Enders | Eduard Fiedler | Pavel Frývaldský | Valentina Gaudiano | György Geréby | Ryan Haecker | Petr Havlík | Petr Macek | John Milbank | Jonas Narchi | Paweł Rojek | Bernhard Stalla | Mátyás Szalay | Matthew N. Williams | Lech Wolowski

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Copyright year: 2025
ISBN-Print: 978-3-495-99347-7
ISBN-Online: 978-3-495-99348-4
Publisher: Karl Alber, Baden-Baden
Series: Studies on Triadic Ontology and Trinitarian Philosophy
Volume: 1
Language: English
Pages: 425
Product type: Edited Book

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 16
Introduction: Towards a Trinitarian Transformation of Philosophy No access Pages 17 - 24 Eduard Fiedler
1. Valentina Gaudiano
  1. Introduction No access
  2. 1. Introduction to the Theses Towards a Trinitarian Ontology: The Relationship between Philosophy and Theology No access
  3. 1. 2.1. The Need for an Ontology No access
    2. 2.2. “The Use of the Distinctive Christian” No access
    3. 2.3. The Trinitarian Ontology No access
    4. 2.4. Philosophical and Theological Consequences of a Trinitarian Ontology No access
  4. 3. Further Reception of Hemmerle’s Theses No access
2. Paweł Rojek
  1. 1. Florensky’s Universals No access
  2. 1.1. Abstract Properties No access
  3. 1. 2. Platonism No access
    2. 2.1. Plato’s Ideas No access
    3. 2.2. Aristotle’s Kinds No access
    4. 3. Patristics No access
    5. 3.1. The Unity of Essence No access
    6. 1. Conclusions No access
3. John Milbank
  1. 1. The Trinity and causa sui No access
  2. 2. Egalitarian Ontology from the Depths to the Heights No access
  3. 3. Victorinus and Divine Motion No access
  4. 4. Augustine and Divine Time No access
  5. 5. The Politics and Metaphysics of Equality No access
  6. 6. Causa Sui as the Gift No access
1. Petr Havlík
  1. Trinitarian Relational Anthropology No access
  2. Virginity as a Participation in the Divine Attributes No access
  3. Relational and Mariological Relecture No access
  4. Trinitarian Analogy and Spousal Mysticism No access
  5. Relational and Deifying Epistemology No access
  6. Conclusion No access
2. Eduard Fiedler
  1. Introduction: Everlasting Enigma of Relations No access
  2. De Trinitate’s Prologue (I, 1, 1–2): Augustine and the Child No access
  3. Augustin’s Systematic Argument Against the pater essentiae suae No access
  4. Conclusion: God’s Wisdom Playing No access
3. David A. C. Bennett
  1. Introduction No access
  2. Deformed Loves Healed: Cruciform Beauty as an Ontic Door to Renewing Trinitarian Philosophy No access
  3. Returning to Augustine’s “Way In”: A Christoform Pilgrimage No access
  4. A Metaphysics of Trinitarian Beauty: Balancing Diastatic and Diathetic Revelation Through Cruciform Beauty No access
  5. Renewing Trinitarian Knowing: Colin Gunton and Martha Nussbaum’s Critique of Augustine No access
  6. Conclusion No access
4. Jonas Narchi
  1. Introduction No access
  2. 1. The 13th century criticism of philosophical arguments for the Trinity No access
  3. 1. 2.1. A bumpy start with Hugh of St. Victor (†1141) No access
    2. 2.2. Achard of St. Victor († 1171) and the pluralitas-argument No access
    3. 2.3. Richard of St. Victor († 1173) and the caritas-argument No access
  4. Conclusion: Learning from the Victorines No access
1. Maria Benedetta Curi
  1. 1. Prelude No access
  2. 2. Interlude No access
  3. 3. Postlude No access
2. Pavel Frývaldský
  1. 1. 1.1. The Divine Origin of the Word and Human Speech No access
    2. 1.2. Christ – the Word made Speech No access
  2. 1. 2.1. God of the Word: The Inner Trinitarian Dialogue No access
    2. 2.2. Creation: Being Called by the Word No access
    3. 2.3. Christ – The Revelation of Truth and the Word Who Calls to Trinitarian Communion No access
  3. Conclusion No access
3. Matthew N. Williams
  1. Introduction: The Ethical Telos of Trinitarian Ontology No access
  2. 1. 1a. The Gospel’s Theological Contribution: Trinity but No Ontology? No access
    2. 1b. Rahner’s Theology of Symbol and Its Johannine Accents No access
    3. 1c. Signs in John Read Through a Rahnerian Lens No access
  3. 1. 2a. Symbolic Self-Expression and Self-Giving Love No access
    2. 2b. Cruciformity as a Central Characteristic of Love in John No access
    3. 2c. Love Ethics in John: Heroic or Mundane? No access
  4. Conclusion No access
4. Lech Wołowski
  1. Introduction No access
  2. 1. 1.1. The Anthropological Dilemma No access
    2. 1.2. The Trinitarian Dilemma No access
  3. 1. 2.1. The Problem with Finite Freedom – The Anthropological Aspect No access
    2. 2.2. The Problem with Infinite Freedom – The Trinitarian Aspect No access
  4. 1. 3.1. Tischner’s Reflection on the Divine Origin of Human Freedom No access
    2. 3.2. Tischner’s Reflection on the Grace-dependence of Human Freedom No access
  5. 1. 4.1. Tischner’s Description of the Enlightenment Approach to Human Freedom No access
    2. 4.2. Tischner’s Vision of the Christian Approach to Human Freedom No access
  6. Conclusion No access
5. Bernhard Stalla
  1. 1. Introduction No access
  2. 2. Christian Philosophy, Ontology and the Trinitarian Conception of Reality No access
  3. 3. The Connection between Philosophical Metaphysics and Christian Theology in Heinrich Beck’s work No access
  4. Conclusion: Heinrich Beck’s “Analogia Trinitatis” and the Relationship between Absolute Necessity, Ordering Wisdom, and Personal Partnership No access
6. Ryan Haecker
  1. 1. What is New in Trinitarian Ontology? No access
  2. 1. 2.1. Three Lines of Criticism No access
    2. 2.2. Thomas Joseph White No access
    3. 2.3. John Betz No access
  3. 3. The Novelty of the Trinity No access
1. Martin Danišek
  1. Introduction No access
  2. The Perspective of Psychoanalysis and Jacques Lacan’s Theory No access
  3. Teresa of Avila No access
  4. Klaus Hemmerle and his Vision No access
  5. Practically Lived Trinitarian Spirituality and the Pedagogy of Desire No access
  6. Conclusion No access
2. György Geréby
  1. The Peterson Problem No access
  2. The Critics No access
  3. Analogy of Being No access
  4. Summary No access
3. Jiří Baroš
  1. 1. In Search of the Common Good: Liberalism vs. Catholicism No access
  2. 2. Dramatic Tensions and the Openness to the Trinity No access
  3. 3. Conclusion: Drama and Harmony No access
4. Petr Macek
  1. Introduction No access
  2. 1. Czech Theology After the War No access
  3. Trinitarian Anchoring of Social Order No access
  4. 1. The Transformation of Czech Theology in the Communist Era No access
    2. The Trinitarian Dimension of Social Thought No access
  5. Conclusion No access
5. Mátyás Szalay
  1. An Example of an Event and its Complexity No access
  2. What is an Event? Against the Idea of “Actualité” No access
  3. Metaphysical Preconditions of Events No access
  4. 1. 1) The Whole Story No access
    2. 2) A Logical Story – Hell and Heaven Illuminated No access
    3. 3) Story of Divine Exposition and Sacrifice – Participation No access
    4. 4) Story of Inter-Trinitarian Divine Communion and the Story of the Divine-human Communion No access
    5. 5) Story of Radical Transformation – Eu-catastrophe No access
    6. 6) Radical Novelty – New Beginning No access
    7. 7) The Story of Love as a Hermeneutical Key to Understanding Triumph and Catastrophe No access
  5. A Serious Note on Humor No access
Authors No access Pages 419 - 425