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- Title
'God, the Father Almighty': A Theological Excursus.
- Authors
McFarland, Ian A.
- Abstract
The confession of 'God, the Father almighty' in the Apostles' and Nicene Creeds can be interpreted as offering a progressively more focused characterization of the First Person of the Trinity, such that 'Father' clarifies the meaning of 'God', and the force of 'almighty' is controlled by the meaning of 'Father'. The results of such an exegesis accentuate divine transcendence in a way that raises questions about theological claims to natural knowledge of God. More specifically, they suggest that the very comprehensiveness of God's relationship to the world implied by divine almightiness blocks any direct line of inference from creation to Creator.
- Subjects
GOD; CONFESSION (Christianity); BIBLICAL commentaries; TRINITY in art; GOD in art
- Publication
International Journal of Systematic Theology, 2016, Vol 18, Issue 3, p259
- ISSN
1463-1652
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/ijst.12155