PhD: Twitter quote 108
2010 Theodicy and Practical Theology: PhD thesis, the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David, Lampeter
Photo: Civil Engineering Discoveries, Quebec, September 4 2021
From the main body
Twitter version I
An infinite eternal God can be understood as the first cause not needing a cause.
From PhD footnotes
Twitter version II
Karl Barth explains within The Doctrine of Creation that the essence of God himself is eternal, he is before time, above time and after time. Barth (1932-1968: 67).
Twitter version III
God is ‘infinite spirit’ and eternal. Shedd (1874-1890)(1980: 152 Volume 1).
Twitter version IV
God is eternal and without beginning or end. Bavinck (1918)(2006: 148 Volume 2).
Twitter version V
God is eternal and infinite, he is eternal now, ‘the permanent now’ and eternity results from his infinity. Weber (1955)(1981: 455).
Twitter version VI
God has eternal existence as a ‘just and wise person.’ Frame (2002: 388).
Twitter version VII
God’s essence is eternal and necessary (logically must exist), and the finite universe is temporal and contingent (not necessary). Shedd (1874-1890)(1980: 191 Volume 1).
October 28, 2021
Twitter version VIII
The necessary, that which exists by necessity, exists in any possible world, or any possible reality.
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