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The Principle of Analogy in Protestant and Catholic Theology

In recent years there has been a remarkable revival of interest in the doctrine of analogy, and many important studies on this doctrine have appeared in the form of articles and books. Today many of the greatest living philosophers and theologians consider some sort of analogy to be an indispensable...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mondin, Battista
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1963, 1963
Edition:1st ed. 1963
Subjects:
Religion
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • I. The Use of the Term “Analogy” in Greek and Mediaeval Philosophy
  • 1. Greek use of “analogy”
  • 2. Latin use of “analogy”
  • II. Aquinas’ Division of Analogy
  • 1. Aquina’ division of analogy in the Commentary to the Sentences
  • 2. Aquinas’ division of analogy in the De Veritate
  • 3. Aquinas’ division of analogy in the Contra Gentiles
  • 4. Aquinas’ division of analogy in the De Potentia
  • 5. Aquinas’ division of analogy in the Commentaries to Aristotle, Boethius and Pseudo-Dionysius
  • 6. Aquinas’ division of analogy in the Summa Theologica and Compendium Theologiae
  • 7. Main textual conclusions
  • 8. Cajetan’s version of Aquinas’ doctrine
  • 9. Criticism of Cajetan’s interpretation
  • 10. A new classification of Aquinas’ modes of analogy
  • 11. Basic logical differences between Aquinas’ four fundamental types of analogy
  • III. Metaphysical Presuppositions of Aquinas’ four Types of Analogy
  • 1. Ontological presuppositions
  • 2. Epistemological presuppositions
  • IV. Aquinas’ Theological Use of Analogy
  • 1. The principle “omne agens agit simile sibi”
  • 2. Restrictions to this principle
  • 3. The likeness between God and the world, and theological language
  • 4. Negative and positive theology
  • 5. Analogy of intrinsic attribution and proper proportionality
  • V. Analogy in Protestant Theology from Luther to Kierkegaard
  • 1. Martin Luther
  • 2. John Calvin
  • 3. A. Quenstedt
  • 4. Soren Kierkegaard
  • VI. Tillich’s Doctrine of Religious Symbolism
  • 1. History of the doctrine of symbolism
  • 2. Tillich’s doctrine of the symbol in general
  • 3. Tillich’s doctrine of the religious symbol
  • 4. Symbolism and analogy
  • VII. Barth’s Doctrine of Analogy of Faith
  • 1. Philosophy and theology
  • 2. Necessity of “analogia fidei”
  • 3. Theologicalsemantics of “analogia fidei”
  • 4. Theological epistemology of “analogia fidei”
  • 5. Theological ontology of “analogia fidei”
  • 6. Analogia fidei, analogia entis and analogy
  • VIII. The Meaning of Theological Language
  • 1. The meaning of theological language according to Aquinas, Tillich and Barth
  • 2. The meaning of religious language according to Linguistic Analysis
  • 3. The mysterious meaning of theological language
  • Index of proper names

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