Ep. 49 - Is God Simple? | Divine Simplicity, Phenomenology, and Philosophical Theology w/Steven Nemes
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Simpleness and the Doctrine of the Trinity Are at Odds?
The doctrine of divine simplicity seems to talk about god such that there can be no internal differences to him. So you might think, like, i divine simplicity and the doctrine of the trinity, these are problems. Sin is not. But from the point of view of created reality, christ offers a window into god as such: he does not have an absolutely simple principle. For example, i can see both visions of god out my window and i can see the building as it's visible on the third floor - but they don't know exactly what each other mean. And so we're left with only one way for us to look at God in all his glory; which is by looking at
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