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In the prologue to his commentary on the Fourth Gospel, St. Thomas Aquinas (1224/5-1274) states that while the other Gospels predominantly discuss the humanity of Christ, St. John the Evangelist focuses on the divinity of Christ. In the commentary itself, Thomas uses the divisio textus to structure the text, a technique that his contemporaries like St. Albert the Great and St. Bonaventure used as well. This study shows the divisio textus to be both a didactical tool that helps students get a grip on the Gospel text and a hermeneutical tool that gives essential insight into Thomas's interpretation of the Gospel. It shows that for Thomas, John 1 is the Gospel in a nutshell and that in his interpretation, what the Evangelist has to say about the divinity of the Word in Jn 1 is developed in the rest of the Gospel. The divisio textus is shown to be an indispensable tool for understanding Thomas's commentary on John, and Thomas's trinitarian interpretation of the Fourth Gospel is demonstrated to be based on a profound theology of the Word of God.
Immanence of God --- Transcendence of God --- Bible. Revelation --- Thomas Aquinas
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Immanence of God --- Theological anthropology. --- Theology, Doctrinal. --- Sankaracarya. --- Tillich, Paul, - 1886-1965
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Immanence of God --- Mysticism --- Theology, Doctrinal --- John of the Cross, - Saint, - 1542-1591
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Immanence of God --- Transcendence of God --- History of doctrines --- History of doctrines --- Lévinas, Emmanuel. --- Rahner, Karl,
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Church architecture --- Immanence of God --- Liturgy and architecture --- Symbolism in architecture --- History
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Symbolism in the Bible. --- Transcendence of God. --- Immanence of God. --- Bible. --- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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The claim has repeatedly been made, and has often been contested, that a single transcendent being is present or active in all of the world's major religions. In this view, names such as "God," "Allah," "nirvana," "Vishnu," and "Brahman" all refer to the same transcendent reality. Absent from the debate and here provided is a serious study of such claims in the light of the most pertinent philosophical literature, namely that concerning questions of identity and individuation. Of necessity, the terms that the claims employ are very general and abstract: the world's religions, it is said, all r
Religious pluralism. --- Transcendence (Philosophy) --- Transcendence of God. --- Immanence of God. --- Religion --- Knowledge, Theory of (Religion) --- Philosophy. --- Hick, John,
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Mystical union --- God and man, Mystical union of --- Indwelling of God --- Mystic union --- Unio mystica --- Union, Mystical --- Union with Christ --- Religious studies --- Christian spirituality --- Immanence of God --- Mysticism