Augustine's use of 'substantia' in speaking about God

Augustine's use of substantia with respect to God falls into three sets of expressions. First, whatever is said of God ad se, and not relatively, signifies the substance of God; second, God is substance or essence, and third, the trinitarian usage of eiusdem substantiae has the stronger sense of equ...

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Author:Roland J. Teske
Published: S.n., s.l., 1985
Volume:62
Pages:147-163
Language:English
Notes:Repris dans 'To know God and the soul', 112-130.
Periodical:The modern Schoolman
Format:Article
Topic:- Works > Studies on Vocabulary/Themes > Topics - Latin vocabulary > S > Substantia
- Works > De Trinitate > Trin. V
- Works > De Trinitate > Topics > [Essentia / substantia]
- Doctrine > God. Trinity > God > [Conception humaine de Dieu] > [Dieu-substance/substance de Dieu]
- Doctrine > God. Trinity > Trinity > [Études d'ensemble (relations)] > [Relations] > [Égalité]
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Summary:Augustine's use of substantia with respect to God falls into three sets of expressions. First, whatever is said of God ad se, and not relatively, signifies the substance of God; second, God is substance or essence, and third, the trinitarian usage of eiusdem substantiae has the stronger sense of equality without plurality.

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