The Visibility of the Invisible God
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This article addresses the potential theological impact that the beatific vision might have regarding the (in)visibility of the triune God. First, we will consider the roots of the doctrine of divine invisibility within the classical theological tradition. Second, we should turn to the biblical promise of the beatific vision and the ways in which its scriptural exposition touches upon the divine character. Third, we will unpack the Trinitarian shape of God’s (in)visibility. Fourth, then, we will be in a position to reflect upon the claims that God is invisible and visible, their theological merits, and their synthetic relations.
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Friedrich Schleiermacher, The Christian Faith (ed. H.R. Mackintosh and J.S. Stewart; Philadelphia: Fortress, 1976), 719–720.
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Hans Schwarz, “Eschatology,” in Christian Dogmatics (ed. Carl Braaten and Robert Jenson; Minneapolis: Fortress, 1984), 2:475–588; Hans Schwarz, Eschatology (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000).
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Wolfhart Pannenberg, Systematic Theology (trans. Geoffrey Bromiley; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998), 3:577. He also offers an oblique reference to how the phrase “entering into” in Mt 5:8 likely refers to the vision of God (528 fn 7).
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Ibid., 722.
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Ibid., 718.
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Ibid., 720.
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Ibid., 721.
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Ibid., 722.
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Hans Boersma, Heavenly Participation: The Weaving of a Sacramental Tapestry (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2011).
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Paul L. Gavrilyuk, The Suffering of the Impassible God: The Dialectics of Patristic Thought (Oxford Early Christian Studies; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006).
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Wolfgang Musculus, Loci communes sacrae theologiae (3rd ed.; Basel: Johann Herwagen, 1573), I.iii; ET: Commonplaces of Christian Religion (London: R. Wolfe, 1563), 8. See Richard A. Muller, Post-Reformation Reformed Dogmatics: The Rise and Development of Reformed Orthodoxy, ca. 1520 to ca. 1725, Volume 3: The Divine Essence and Attributes (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2003), 299.
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Hans Boersma, Embodiment and Virtue in Gregory of Nyssa: An Anagogical Approach (Oxford Early Christian Studies; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013), 91.
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Michel René Barnes, “The Visible Christ and the Invisible Trinity: Mt. 5:8 In Augustine’s Trinitarian Theology of 400,” Modern Theology 19, no. 3 (2003), 346.
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See D.A. Carson, The Gospel According to John (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1991), 129–130. Carson traces the terminology of Exod. 34:6–7 (hesed and ʾemet) through the Old Testament, Septuagint, and into intertestamental Judaism.
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The Visibility of the Invisible God
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This article addresses the potential theological impact that the beatific vision might have regarding the (in)visibility of the triune God. First, we will consider the roots of the doctrine of divine invisibility within the classical theological tradition. Second, we should turn to the biblical promise of the beatific vision and the ways in which its scriptural exposition touches upon the divine character. Third, we will unpack the Trinitarian shape of God’s (in)visibility. Fourth, then, we will be in a position to reflect upon the claims that God is invisible and visible, their theological merits, and their synthetic relations.
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