Kenosis, omniscience, and the Anselmian concept of divinity
The canonical gospels often portray Christ as limited in various ways, for example, with respect to knowledge. But how could Christ be divine yet fail to know certain true propositions? One prominent answer is known as kenoticism, the view that upon becoming incarnate Christ ‘emptied' himself o...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2018]
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Religious studies
Year: 2018, Volume: 54, Issue: 2, Pages: 201-213 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Anselm, Canterbury, Erzbischof, Heiliger 1033-1109
/ Jesus Christus
/ Omniscience
/ Kenosis
/ Divinity
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| RelBib Classification: | KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages NBC Doctrine of God NBF Christology |
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| Summary: | The canonical gospels often portray Christ as limited in various ways, for example, with respect to knowledge. But how could Christ be divine yet fail to know certain true propositions? One prominent answer is known as kenoticism, the view that upon becoming incarnate Christ ‘emptied' himself of certain divine properties, including omniscience. A powerful objection to kenoticism, however, is that it conflicts with Anselmian intuitions about divinity. Specifically, kenoticism implies that Christ was not the greatest conceivable being. I articulate a modified version of kenoticism that avoids this powerful objection while remaining faithful to the depiction of Christ found in the gospels. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-901X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religious studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0034412517000051 |