Title
Conciliar Trinitarianism, Divine Identity Claims, and Subordination
Department/School
Philosophy
Date
2020
Document Type
Article
Keywords
conciliar trinitarianism, conciliar Christology, trinity, subordination, procession, identity
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14428/thl.v4i2.23593
Abstract
In this article, I present the trinitarian teaching of the first seven ecumenical councils, what we might call Conciliar Trinitarianism. I then consider two questions. First, what is the relationship between the divine persons and the divine nature? I argue that neither strict identity nor instantiation interpretations of that relationship fit well with the conciliar texts. Second, does the relation of procession among the divine persons, asserted in the conciliar texts, imply an objectionable ontological subordination in the Trinity? I argue that there is at least one way for a proponent of Conciliar Trinitarianism to deny that objectionable ontological subordination follows from the divine processions.
Published in
TheoLogica
Citation/Other Information
Pawl, Timothy. "Conciliar Trinitarianism, Divine Identity Claims, and Subordination." TheoLogica 4, no. 2 (2020): 1-27. https://doi.org/10.14428/thl.v4i2.23593.