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   Sep 2, 2009 · One is how much power God has to put behind actions: enough that nothing is too hard, enough to do whatever he pleases. The other is how much God can do: ‘all things’. The link is obvious: we measure strength by what tasks it is adequate to perform, and God is so strong he can do all things.

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   Apr 1, 2011 · In seeking to clarify the ambiguous terminology of divine omnipotence, Anselm develops an intriguing sense of the “other side” of divine power—the susceptibilities and capacities of this world—that anticipates some of the most important philosophic tendencies of the twelfth century.

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   Nov 4, 2023 · Using nationwide data from the 2017 Baylor Religion Survey (n = 999), we test whether the mental health benefits of perceived divine control vary according to various images of God (authoritative, benevolent, critical, and distant) and educational attainment.

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   In the history of Christian theology, at least three views of divine power can be discerned. First, there is the belief in divine omnicausality (I abbreviate it DP 1), which holds that God is the only subject of power -- the active, immediate, and originative cause of all things and events.

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   Mar 29, 2019 · In his book, An Essay on Divine Authority, Mark Murphy argues that God does not have practical authority over created, rational agents. Although Murphy mentions the possibility of an argument for divine authority from justice, he does not consider any.

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   Mar 29, 2019 · The explicitly scholastic Divine Power distinction developed out of the twelfth century theological discussion of the nature of God’s power. At issue, initially, was the desire to preserve the constancy of God’s nature and yet to preserve his freedom from any sense of necessity.

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   What are the three views of divine power?

   • In the history of Christian theology, at least three views of divine power can be discerned. First, there is the belief in divine omnicausality (I abbreviate it DP 1), which holds that God is the only subject of power -- the active, immediate, and originative cause of all things and events.

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   What is scholastic divine power?

   • The explicitly scholastic Divine Power distinction developed out of the twelfth century theological discussion of the nature of God’s power. At issue, initially, was the desire to preserve the constancy of God’s nature and yet to preserve his freedom from any sense of necessity.

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   Why is divine power distinction important?

   • In short, the use of Divine Power distinction to accentuate two unique powers in God caused many, by the mid to late fourteenth century, to call into question the amount of certainty that natural knowledge could claim for itself.

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   How does Pike make divine power sharing intelligible?

   • Using ingenious analogies from electrical circuitry, Pike attempts to make divine power sharing intelligible and compatible with divine "veto" power. The first circuit is one in which Arthur (A) has complete control over the light bulb. Bailey (B) can use his switch all he wants, but he does not have any control over the light.

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   What is divine freedom?

   • The topic of divine freedom concerns the extent to which a divine being — in particular, the supreme divine being, God — can be free. Two preliminary questions play a central role in framing the discussion of divine freedom. I: Apart from freedom, what properties are held to be essential to God?

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   Why was the divine power distinction used in the 14th century?

   • Throughout the rest of the fourteenth century, the Divine Power distinction was employed in various and often confused ways. Sometimes it was used only to highlight the hypothetical possibility that God could have acted differently, assuming of course that God’s nature and will were other than they are.

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   Apr 1, 2003 · The topic of divine freedom concerns the extent to which a divine being — in particular, the supreme divine being, God — can be free. Two preliminary questions play a central role in framing the discussion of divine freedom.