Thomas Aquinas and contemporary theology on divine immutability /
First Statement of Responsibility
Michael J. Dodds
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
2nd ed
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Washington, D.C. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Catholic University of America Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2008
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xi, 275 p. ;
Dimensions
23 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-263) and indexes
CONTENTS NOTE
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The immutability of creatures. The spectrum of creaturely immutability -- The meaning of creaturely immutability -- Immutability and creaturely perfection -- The immutability of God. Aquinas's arguments for divine immutability -- The sources of the arguments -- The meaning of divine immutability -- The motion of the motionless God. Trinity -- Creation -- Providence -- Incarnation -- The unchanging God of love. Human love as moving and motionless -- Divine love as dynamic stillness -- Eschatological union with the unchanging God of love