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God - Christian Monotheism - Coggle Diagram
God - Christian Monotheism
Difficulty understanding
Contradiction/inconsistency
Jesus = fully human + fully divine
Transcendent + immanent
God as controller
Supreme ruler/ultimate power
'Sustains' the universe
Interpretation of this
Theological determinism
Only God = omnipotent = omniscient
Fixed future
No FW
God has absolute power
God exists timelessly
A's 'Man on the hill'
God can intervene, but allows human FW
God sees future but doesn't prevent choices
Sees entire history of universe timelessly
No FW, humans = 'moral robots', no moral responsibility, moral actions = valueless
God as transcendent + unknowable
Above + beyond space-time universe
Not made of anything, doesn't exist in anything - would limit God
Existence = 'a se' - in + of itself
Not created nor did God create himself - eternal
Essence = existence
OT - Father, Creator, Judge
NT - Jesus, Holy Spirit
The Trinity
Not in Bible, implied in NT
Father, Son, Holy Spirit
Earliest Christians: Jesus = Son of God, but with closer relationship
Disagreement until conclusion: Jesus was God
Each person has divine attributes equally
Each person differs in terms of inner relations
1 substance in 3 persons
All 3 = eternal + uncreated
The importance
Reconciles historical + doctrinal truths: sin, atonement, redemption
Human relationship with God damaged by 'original sin' = death + necessity for atonement
Allows humans to have personal relationship with God
Only transcendent God = problematic
Belief in immanence of God
Immanence + transcendence = contradictory qualities resolved through Trinity
God - transcendent
Father - personal Creator
Son - personal as human being
Holy Spirit - personal as dwelling within us
Model of personhood
'God is love' - Relationship between Trinity is one of love
Our relationships based on love, as created 'imago dei'