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THE MAKER'S MEANING: DIVINE IDEAS AND SALVATION
Author(s) -
MCINTOSH MARK
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
modern theology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.144
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1468-0025
pISSN - 0266-7177
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0025.2012.01756.x
Subject(s) - creatures , contemplation , incarnation , procession , philosophy , theology , meaning (existential) , christian theology , epistemology , history , natural (archaeology) , archaeology
The divine ideas tradition played a valuable but often unrecognized role in the history of Christian theology. This article investigates the possible loss to theology by examining how the divine ideas permitted a unified theology of creation and salvation, centred upon the contemplation of all things in Christ. Interpreting examples from Origen to Aquinas, the article demonstrates that leading theologians understood the full truth of all creatures to be known eternally by God in the procession of the Word, by whose incarnation, death, and resurrection the creatures are redeemed.