tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2934219918554432299.post3754543325857797182..comments2023-05-17T01:09:54.656-07:00Comments on The Evangelical Calvinist In Plain Language: Conclusion to my personal chapter from our book: 'Either through Christ, or through Nature'Bobby Growhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06831009618873548948noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2934219918554432299.post-32566797878280380682012-06-28T11:03:34.782-07:002012-06-28T11:03:34.782-07:00Hi Cal,
No, usage of literary devices in scriptur...Hi Cal,<br /><br />No, usage of literary devices in scripture, like anthropomorphisms and anthropopathisms (attributing human emotions to God etc) would not be examples of appeal to natural theology (in state of fact). And yet at the same time, when we speak of something like an anthropopathism, often these attributions like "grieving" "laughter" etc. on God's part are not just intended to be "figural," but I think they actually correspond to real emotion in God. I think this gets us into a discussion, if pressed, on thinking through a properly construed theological anthropology or christological one (which would require more of a post for me to try and at least gesture towards what I think further on this). But when we say God has "hands" (an anthropomorphism) etc., obviously, since God is 'Spirit' (Jn 4.24); we know from the context that this ought to be taken as figurative of God.<br /><br />But the issue of analogy of being V analogy of faith has much more to do with how we frame and understand our hermeneutical theory; which is of first order concern. This concern, then, implicates our second order work as we engage in actual exegesis of the text. It will inform the way we make our interpretive decisions etc. And there is much more to say, Cal, but this is all I'm going to here :).Bobby Growhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06831009618873548948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2934219918554432299.post-82499012440386581042012-06-27T15:50:57.632-07:002012-06-27T15:50:57.632-07:00This post is great, thanks Bobby!
Recently I'...This post is great, thanks Bobby!<br /><br />Recently I've been having a good back and forth between me and my friend basically between these two ideas. My friend is a Thomistic catholic.<br /><br />Anyway, a quick question came to my mind as I was drafting a response. Does it fall under 'analogia entis' if one uses natural metaphors as a didactic tool? This may seem a silly question, and I don't think it does mean this but I thought I would check it.<br /><br />By that I mean something like the statement: "God is a consuming fire" or "The Spirit is like the Wind".Calhttp://leadme.orgnoreply@blogger.com