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Re:My grandfather Paul Tillich, the unbelieving theologian E... by lo_zamoyski on Friday March 22, 2024 @01:27PM (#39792895)
> much more well laid out in classical theologians (Aquinas, etc)

And what's more, while God as Ipsum Esse Subsistens is a conclusion we can arrive at philosophically (and thus unaided reason with no appeals made to revealed knowledge), we also find Scriptural antecedents, such as Exodus 3:14 (where God gives his "name" to Moses as "I Am"; God is not this god, or that god, but is).

> It is as rewarding as it is dense and gave me the bridge between "old" and "new" philosophy/theology that I find lacking in many moderns.

You might find Betz's recent book[0] interesting.

[0] https://stpaulcenter.com/product/christ-the-logos-of-creatio...

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Re:My grandfather Paul Tillich, the unbelieving theologian E... by knightoffaith on Friday March 22, 2024 @07:15PM (#39795834)
Is there good reason to believe that this is what is really meant by "I am who I am" and isn't just Christians reading philosophical ideas back into the OT?

(I ask this actually because I remember Ratzinger raising this possible objection in Introduction to Christianity (some of which I read long ago, though I don't have the text with me anymore), presumably to rebut it, though I don't remember his rebuttal.)

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