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Letter from W. Divine and T. G. Ferrclo, Sycamore, Illinois, to S. E. Jones, Iowa Falls, Iowa, October 1, 1883
No full textLetter from Divine and Ferrclo in Sycamore, Illinois, to S. E. Jones in Iowa Falls, Iowa. They discussed business involving the sale or renting of land and/or property in Iowa and Minnesota
Divine simplicity : a dogmatic account
No full textThis thesis offers a constructive account of the doctrine of divine simplicity in Christian theology. In its methodology, the thesis aims to present this divine perfection as an implicate of the scriptural portrayal of God, to draw upon the insights and conceptual resources of Thomas Aquinas and various Reformed orthodox theologians, and to respond to some objections to divine simplicity. The focus on exegetical elaboration of biblical teaching and the use of Thomas and the Reformed orthodox distinguish this work from a number of recent accounts of God in both systematic theology and analytic philosophy. The case for God’s simplicity is made by examining God’s singularity, aseity, immutability, infinity, and act of creation in Holy Scripture and then tracing the ways in which these descriptions of God imply that he is (negatively) not composed of parts. Rather, he is (positively) actus purus and really identical with his own essence, existence, and attributes, each of which is identical with the whole being of the triune God considered under some aspect. In light of the constructive work, this study then addresses the three most pressing objections to divine simplicity: (1) that it denigrates God’s revelation of his many attributes in the economy; (2) that it eliminates God’s freedom in creating the world and acting in history; and (3) that it does not cohere with the doctrine of the Trinity
God, time and eternity: philosophical foundations for a defence of divine timelessness
No full textThe past two decades have seen an almost exponential growth in publications on the topic of divine eternity and the general area of 'God and time'. Increasing appeal is made to arguments and resources which ranges widely through contemporary science and the philosophy of time, whilst retaining commitments to traditional historical and philosophical theology. This thesis aims to make a methodological contribution to the debate that will be of use to partisans of all views of divine temporality and atemporality, as well as to isolate more specific philosophical foundations which, it is urged, would be required for a defence of divine timelessness. In arguing for the plausibility of these foundations, a case is made for the desirability of such a defence. This thesis argues for a methodology of constraints in which the key features are, first, that the theology of divine eternity can be affected by logical constraints introduced by arguments from Outside' as well as 'inside' itself, and, second, that such a structure is reliant upon the integration of a corresponding understanding (provided by the work of Katherine Hawley) of how science might support metaphysical claims and how alleged support might be challenged. The resulting structure is offered as a general philosophical foundation for debates in the field of 'God and time’. This thesis also argues that the most vital factor in the structure is the ontological status of the present. The denial that the present should be metaphysically favoured is explored, as a general philosophical foundation for a defence of divine timelessness, through topics in language and ontology, science, and epistemology. Results from this analysis are incorporated into the overall structure advocated by the thesis, together with considerations both of their effect on the debate, and of candidates for philosophical foundations from 'inside' theology which fit within the wider methodology of constraints on the theology of divine eternity
Divine abandonment of Christ and the soul in Byzantine exegesis and ascetic literature
No full textThis thesis examines the role that the motif of divine abandonment played in the exegetical and ascetical literature of late antiquity. Divine abandonment of the soul was an integral part of the spiritual life. Its "normativeness" was related to the notion of divine paideia: God instructed the soul by abandoning the soul to ethical trials. This paideia had eschatological implications: divine abandonment highlighted the eschatological orientation of the Christian faith. Divine abandonment of Christ, however, is treated in Christological, rather than ascetical, terms. The experience of abandonment by the ascetics was not based on a "Christ-like" ethical model: Christ's abandonment was only connected to the ascetical abandonment within the scope of divine providence. The first part introduces the Patristic exegesis on the Song of Songs. It shows that Patristic exegesis related divine abandonment of the soul to ethical trials and highlights the role of the motif as part of divine paideia that leads the soul to an eschatological ethical perfection. The second part discusses Christ's abandonment on the cross, which Patristic literature handled with a certain hesitancy, even uncertainty. The last part examines the ascetical tradition. The motif illustrated God’s providential care for the ascetic soul where God remedied the soul's weakness and led her to the ethical fulfilment in the eschaton. This part also addresses the subtle way in which ascetical literature envisaged Christ as a spiritual model. The conclusion that this thesis draws is that it is within the theological framework of divine paideia and eschatology that the Patristic literature understood the notion of divine abandonment. Furthermore, it suggests that it is in this framework of their common tradition that the Eastern and Western spiritual traditions might mutually approach and understand each other
Impact of the Divine Word College of Vigan MBA program in Region 1 and Cordillera Autonomous Region (CAR), Philippines
No full textThis study aimed to determine the impact of the Divine Word College of Vigan MBA program in Region 1 and Cordillera Autonomous Region (CAR) Philippines for the School Year 2021-2022. Factors included the assessment of the respondent’s age, sex, civil status, nature of employment, and residence. Graduates’ assessment of the level of performance of the DWCV graduate program was expressed in terms of program relevance, faculty qualification, research facilities, classrooms and laboratory facilities, library facilities, and achievable goals. The level of impact of training in the MBA program was measured using five indicators: training and productivity, training on professional development and advancement, training on professional recognition, and life–long skills (socio-economic development). A descriptive survey method of research with a correlational method was employed in the study. A questionnaire was utilized extensively to survey the impact of the Divine Word College of Vigan MBA Program on Region 1 and CAR students. The questionnaire was the main tool used in gathering data. Respondents of the study were the 68 graduates of the MBA program in the school years 2018-2019; 2019-2020; and 2020-2021. The socio-demographic profile of the respondents was statistically treated with the use of frequency count and percentage. Weighted mean was used to determine the level of assessment on the performance of the graduate school and the impact of the training in the MBA program. t-test was used for the correlation of the relationship between the profile of respondents and assessment in the performance of the MBA program; the relationship between the profile of respondents and the impact of training in the MBA program; and the relationship between the assessment in the performance in the MBA program and the impact of training in the MBA program. The overall assessment of the level of performance of the graduate school is “excellent”. The overall assessment of the impact of training in the MBA graduate program is to a “very great extent”.
In search of a timeless God
No full textIn contemporary discussions it is often assumed that God cannot be timeless
if presentism is true, but that God can be timeless if four-dimensional eternalism is
true. I argue that the Christian God cannot be timeless on either ontology of time.
Contemporary atemporalists have not fully grasped the details of eternalism, nor
fleshed out the implications of eternalism for understanding the Christian doctrines of
creation, conservation, and incarnation. Once the details are developed, it can be
shown that eternalism is not compatible with divine timelessness. Instead, the
Christian God would be temporal as understood on eternalism. In order to
demonstrate this, I shall do the following in this thesis. In chapter 1 I shall lay out the
relevant desiderata and methods for assessing the doctrine of divine timelessness.
Chapter 2 will give an up-to-date discussion of the philosophy of time, and lay out the
theories that are needed to understand the doctrine of divine timelessness. Chapter 3
will articulate the traditional doctrine of divine timelessness and develop its
systematic connections to the doctrines of divine immutability and simplicity. Chapter
4 shall argue that the classical Christian theologians were committed to presentism. It
shall also argue that their commitment to presentism conflicts with their commitment
to divine timelessness and omniscience. In chapter 5 I shall argue that classical
Christian theology cannot reconcile divine timelessness with their doctrines of
creation and conservation. In chapter 6, it will be shown how four-dimensional
eternalism can help Christian theology solve some of these problems for divine
timelessness. However, it will also be argued that four-dimensional eternalism
conflicts with Christian theology, and that four-dimensional eternalism is not
compatible with divine timelessness. Chapter 7 offers a thorough examination of the
doctrine of the incarnation. It is argued that divine timelessness is not compatible with the incarnation
The triumph of God in Christ : divine warfare in the argument of Ephesians
No full textIn this thesis I argue that the letter of Ephesians contains a coherent
argument and that this argument is animated by the ideology of divine warfare.
This ideological tool was utilized throughout the ancient world to assert and
defend the cosmic supremacy of national deities, and appears throughout the Old
Testament in texts that declare the exalted status of Yahweh over all other gods
and over the forces of chaos that threaten creation. This ideology is applied to
Ephesians with the result that what many regard as the central portion of the
letter-Ephesians 2--contains a complete cycle of this mythological pattern.
Here, within a context of praise and worship (1:1-19), the cosmic Lordship of
Christ is asserted (1:20-23) and the triumphs of God in Christ over the powers that
rule the present evil age are elaborated (2:1-22). God in Christ has triumphed over
the powers that hold humanity captive to death by raising believers to life and
seating them in the heavenlies with Christ. Further, Christ triumphs over the
powers and their divisive effects within humanity by creating a new unified
humanity that shares in the life of God in Christ by the Spirit. I then attempt to
demonstrate that reading Ephesians through this lens provides satisfying solutions
to a number of problems in subsequent sections of the letter. The
'autobiographical' remarks in Eph 3:2-13 are not intended as an apostolic defence,
but rather are an explanation of how Paul's imprisonment, which would appear to
be a devastating argument against the cosmic Lordship of Christ, actually serves
to epitomize and reinforce that exalted status. I also argue that the difficult
quotation of Psalm 68 in Eph 4:8 finds a satisfying solution through the
application of divine warfare ideology. Finally, I argue that this reading
demonstrates that the two halves of Ephesians are integrally related-that the
exhortatory portion is a call to the New Humanity to engage in divine warfare
against the evil powers, embodying the triumph of God in Christ in their corporate
life
EVOLUTIONARY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY: SCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVES ON DIVINE ACTION
No full textIntroduction / Robert John Russell -- Message to the Vatican Observatory Conference on Evolutionary and Molecular Biology / Pope John Paul II -- Message to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences / Pope John Paul II -- Evolution and the human person: the Pope in dialogue / George J. Coyne -- Pt. I. Scientific background - - The evolution of life: an overview / Francisco J. Ayala -- The hominid evolutionary journey: a summary / Camilo J. Cela-Conde - - The phenomenon of the eukaryotic cell / Julian Chela-Flores -- Pt. II. Evolution and devine action -- Darwin's devolution: design without designer / Francisco J. Ayala -- Evaluating the teleological argument for divine action / Wesley J. Wildman -- Teleology without teleology: purpose through emergent complexity / Paul Davies -- The immanent directionality of the evolutionary process, and its relationship to teleology / William R. Stoeger -- Special providence and genetic mutation: a new defense of theistic evolution / Robert John Russell -- Neo-Darwinism, self- organization, and divine action in evolution / Charles Birch -- Pt. III. Religious interpretations of biological themes -- The thinking underlying the new 'scientific' world-views / George F.R. Ellis - - Darwin's revolution in the origin of species: a heimeneutical study of the movement from natural theology to natural selection / Anne M. Clifford -- Evolutionary naturalism and religion / Willem B. Drees -- Biocultural evolution: a clue to the meaning of nature / Philip Hefner -- Biological evolution-a positive theological appraisal / Arthur Peacocke -- Original sin and saving grace in evolutionary context / Denis Edwards -- Darwin's gift to theology / John F. Haught -- Five models of God and evolution / Ian G. Barbour -- Pt. IV. Biology, ethics, and the problem of evil -- Beyond biological evolution: mind, morals, and culture / Camilo J. Cela-Conde and Gisele Marty -- Supervenience and the nonreducibility of ethics to biology / Nancey Murphy -- Playing God with our evolutionary future / Ted Peters -- Evolution, divine action, and the problem of evil / Thomas F. Tracy -- Contributors - - Name index -- Subject inde
Impact of the Divine Word College of Vigan MBA Program in Region 1 and Cordillera Autonomous Region (CAR), Philippines
No full textInternational audienceJob security and high salary are some of the most important reasons why MBA programs are so popular nowadays. This study identified the impact of the Divine Word College of Vigan's MBA program in Region 1 and Cordillera Autonomous Region (CAR) Philippines for the School Year 2021-2022. Factors included the assessment of the respondent's age, sex, civil status, nature of employment, and residence. Graduates' assessment of the level of performance of the DWCV graduate program was expressed in terms of program relevance, faculty qualification, research facilities, classrooms, laboratory, library facilities, and achievable goals. The level of impact of training in the MBA program was measured using four (4) indicators: training and productivity, training on professional development and advancement, training on professional recognition, lifelong skills (socio-economic development). A descriptive survey with a correlational method was employed in the study. A questionnaire was utilized extensively to survey the impact of the Divine Word College of Vigan MBA Program on Region 1 and CAR students. Respondents of the study were the 68 graduates of the MBA program in the school years 2018-2019; 2019-2020; and 2020-2021. The socio-demographic profile of the respondents was statistically treated with the use of frequency count and percentage. Weighted mean and t-tests were used to determine the level of assessment on the performance of the MBA program, the impact of its training, and their correlations respectively. between the respondent's profile, the MBA program's performance, and its training program's impact, respectively. t-test was used for the correlation of the relationship between the profile of respondents and the assessment of the performance of the MBA program and its impact on training in the MBA program. Based on the problems raised in this study, the hypotheses show that there is a significant relationship between age and the assessment of MBA programs in terms of program relevance, faculty qualification, research facilities, and the achieved goals of MBA programs. On the other hand, the table shows that program relevance has also a significant relationship with sex. Further, a significant relationship was identified between training on productivity. The training on professional development and professional recognition are significantly related to sex. The impact of training in an MBA program is significantly related to the assessment of the respondents in the MBA program of DWCV except on the lifelong skills and achieved goals of the MBA program
Reinhard G. Kratz, Hermann Spieckermann (éd.), Divine Wrath and Divine Mercy in the World of Antiquity, Tübingen, Mohr Siebeck, 2008
No full textHunziker-Rodewald Regine. Reinhard G. Kratz, Hermann Spieckermann (éd.), Divine Wrath and Divine Mercy in the World of Antiquity, Tübingen, Mohr Siebeck, 2008. In: Revue d'histoire et de philosophie religieuses, 91e année n°2, Avril-Juin 2011. pp. 287-288
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