Henry of Ghent : metaphysics and the Trinity : with a critical edition of question six of article fifty-five of the Summa quaestionum ordinariarum /
Metaphysics & the Trinity
by Juan Carlos Flores.
- 1 online resource (viii, 239 pages)
- Ancient and medieval philosophy. Series 1 ; 36 .
- Ancient and medieval philosophy. Series 1 ; 36. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-236) and indexes.
Introduction. Henry and the tradition of Trinitarian theology -- Henry on theology and philosophy -- The Trinity and Henry's thought -- The Trinity in itself. Henry's basic approach to the Trinity -- The Trinity as activity -- The emanation according to intellect: the Father and the Son -- The mode of spiration -- The will as a natural principle -- The order of nature -- Henry's Latin view of active spiration -- The spirating force -- The person of the Holy Spirit -- The Trinity as emanated by intellect and will -- The Trinity and creation. The Trinity's notional necessity -- Emanation and creation: Henry vs. some philosophers and theologians -- The role of intellect in free creation -- The Trinity and metaphysical categories. Persona as Suppositum -- Intentionality, analogy, and supposition of Persona -- The meaning of property -- Relation in God and creatures -- Relations and reality -- Res as relational -- Reality in Henry's system -- Conclusion. Recapitulation -- The creature as symbol of the Trinity -- Existence and essence -- Henry's approach and synthesis.