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Divine Impassibility

Sed Contra: A Podcast of Catholic Theology

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Does God Suffer?

"I was immediately repulsed by the process theologians who try to project human suffering onto the divinity," he says. "But at the same time, I wanted to almost dismiss or set aside these metaphysical distinctions that you just made" Pope Benedict points to Saint Bernard as an example of a non-Impassibilist God; in other words, 'God is not passable, but he is compassionate'

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