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[논문] THE ARGUMENTS FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD IN CHRISTIAN APOLOGETICS (영문) (19)
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2022-09-20 00:11:04, 조회 : 664 |
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Paul Jang
9월 3일 오전 8:26 ·
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A DEMONSTRATION OF GOD AND THE ARGUMENTS
FOR THE EXISTENCE OF CHRISTIAN GOD IN CHRISTIAN APOLOGETICS (19)
by Dr. Paul B. Jang (Ph.D, Christian Apologetics) (영문) ✝✝✝
CHAPTER II
REVIEW OF THE LITERATURES:
PHILOSOPHICAL AND THEOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK OF THE CONCEPTS AND XISTENCE OF GOD HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL SURVEY
The Doctrino-Historical Survey
What is the Christian position about the innate idea of God? Hence we must distinguish the Christian concept from the philosophical concept of the innate idea of God. In fact, it is impossible for us to explain the idea of God without understanding the nature of the revelations of God in the Bible. In other words, it is necessary to understand the special revelation and general revelation, and the correlationship between the two.
When we don t understand the correlationship between these two, the various problems occur. The history of the Christian doctrine has explained these problems in many ways. The radical liberalists have tried to explain these problems depending upon the rational autonomy, otherwise, the extreme conservatives upon the mystical faith. All these people must be biased to one side.
But, even if the Christian theology had accepted the premise that can instinctively know the truth in disregard of the special revelation, it had never accepted the innate idea of God.
Nevertheless, some theologians asserted that this theory of innate idea of God agrees with the thought of the Fathers in the first century.
Herman Bavink said that there is something right in this opinion, but it does not agreed with the Father s opinion. Justine said that even though it can be known by the instinct (emputos), he did not explain its concrete concept.
Irenius admitted that man has that which is known about God in contrary to the Gnosticism, but had never referred to the innate idea (cognitio innate) of God.
Clement of Alexandria, the Father, insisted that even though man never learned, he can instinctively know the theistic idea of God by looking into the work of God (emputos kai adiaklitos). He also insisted that the idea of God had often been discovered in the pagan writers because the Greek writers had introduced it from the Hebrew literatures (Stromata V.xiv; 1,202; Church History vol. II).
Tertullian said that God has testimonied Himself to be God by the fact that He was known to all nations unless they learn it from Moses or the prophets (Aplogeticus 17). He insisted that it is irresistible learning of human soul toward God, because God will never be hidden, never fail mankind; recognized, perceived, and seen (Schaff, 1979, 539).
The sense of God is the original dowry of the soul; the same, and no other, in Egypt, in Syria, and in Potus (Schaff, 1979, 539). Furthermore, he also insisted that this soul is instinctively Christian (1, 202).
Augustine, once had deviated toward a heretic, having been influenced from Greek philosophy (Plato) for nine years, but he defended the principle of religious persecution, on a false exegesis of Cogite eos intrare, Luke 14:23 (Schaff, 1979, 515).
He had once emphasized the more internal truth of contemplation than external impulse of sense. He also insisted that there is almost the same facts as Christian theology in the pagan theology like the Greek philosophy, if its expressive way has been changed to that of Christian theology (De Civilate IV. xxiv-xxxi; VII. vi).
But he said that there is the visio dei only in the heaven, and only cognitio vespertina in the earth. 💗💗💗
- To be continued -
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