The Aristotelian Development of Trinitarian Metaphysics Through the Thought of Boethius and Aquinas

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dc.contributor.advisorJohnson, Junius
dc.contributor.authorEberlein, Andrew
dc.contributor.departmentGreat Texts of the Western Tradition.en_US
dc.contributor.schoolsHonors College.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-09T17:57:08Z
dc.date.available2016-08-09T17:57:08Z
dc.date.copyright2016
dc.date.issued2016-08-09
dc.description.abstractGod was declared Trinitarian at the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD. The divine nature is shared amongst all three persons, who are coeternal. This belief was made dogma and thus is held as the universal belief of the Church. This decision instigated a further theological pursuit to clarify this definition of God as Trinity. Boethius engaged in this endeavor in his De Trinitate. First, he determines his own interpretation of Aristotelian metaphysics, next how to express God metaphysically as a substance, and then how to define each person metaphysically as a relation. In his Summa Theologica, Aquinas continues and invokes Boethius work. He further classifies God, according to his processions and relations, and then he discusses how to assert personhood of God and the plurality of persons in the divine nature. He finishes by detailing what are appropriate terms for referring to plurality of persons and unity in God. This Thesis pursues their primary thrust into defining the Trinitarian nature of God.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2104/9696
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
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dc.subjectAn Aristotelian Metaphysical Summation of Boethius and Aquinas Thoughts on the Trinityen_US
dc.titleThe Aristotelian Development of Trinitarian Metaphysics Through the Thought of Boethius and Aquinasen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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