God and necessity : an evaluation of the concept of necessity as applied to divine essence and existence.

God and necessity : an evaluation of the concept of necessity as applied to divine essence and existence.

This thesis seeks to evaluate the use of the concept "necessity" in the Christian doctrine of God. The concept is used frequently in discussions of God's existence. Traditional theism differentiates between God and the world with specific reference to this notion. God exists necessari...

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Main Author: Lochhead, David.
Other Authors: McLelland, J. C. (Supervisor)
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: McGill University 1964
Subjects:
Divinity.
God.
Ontology.
Religion > Philosophy.
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spelling ndltd-LACETR-oai-collectionscanada.gc.ca-QMM.1165562014-02-13T04:11:01ZGod and necessity : an evaluation of the concept of necessity as applied to divine essence and existence.Lochhead, David.Divinity.God.Ontology.Religion -- Philosophy.This thesis seeks to evaluate the use of the concept "necessity" in the Christian doctrine of God. The concept is used frequently in discussions of God's existence. Traditional theism differentiates between God and the world with specific reference to this notion. God exists necessarily: the world, contingently. Not only is "necessity" used by classical theism in relation to the divine existence, but to God's nature as well. The doctrine of the immutability of God excludes all contingency from his nature. [...]McGill UniversityMcLelland, J. C. (Supervisor)Gombay, A.Evans, D. D. 1964Electronic Thesis or Dissertationapplication/pdfenalephsysno: NNNNNNNNNTheses scanned by McGill Library.All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated.Master of Sacred Theology. (Faculty of Divinity.) http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=116556
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topic Divinity.
God.
Ontology.
Religion -- Philosophy.
spellingShingle Divinity.
God.
Ontology.
Religion -- Philosophy.
Lochhead, David.
God and necessity : an evaluation of the concept of necessity as applied to divine essence and existence.
description This thesis seeks to evaluate the use of the concept "necessity" in the Christian doctrine of God. The concept is used frequently in discussions of God's existence. Traditional theism differentiates between God and the world with specific reference to this notion. God exists necessarily: the world, contingently. Not only is "necessity" used by classical theism in relation to the divine existence, but to God's nature as well. The doctrine of the immutability of God excludes all contingency from his nature. [...]
author2 McLelland, J. C. (Supervisor)
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title God and necessity : an evaluation of the concept of necessity as applied to divine essence and existence.
title_short God and necessity : an evaluation of the concept of necessity as applied to divine essence and existence.
title_full God and necessity : an evaluation of the concept of necessity as applied to divine essence and existence.
title_fullStr God and necessity : an evaluation of the concept of necessity as applied to divine essence and existence.
title_full_unstemmed God and necessity : an evaluation of the concept of necessity as applied to divine essence and existence.
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