Autor: Lonergan, Bernard J.F.

Buch: The Trinune God: Systematics

Titel: The Triune God: Systematics

Stichwort: Divinarum Personarum; der Geliebte im Liebenden (amatum in amante): konstituiert durch Liebe - erzeugt durch Liebe (7 kontrodiktorische Folgen)

Kurzinhalt: St Thomas's writings passim concerning the procession of love from the word are so clear that there can be not only no doubt but not even the slightest obscurity about his opinion on 'the beloved in the lover.'

Textausschnitt: 4 Chapter 2, Question 41

783b If 'the beloved in the lover' is constituted by love, then (1) 'the beloved in the lover' is nothing other than the love itself, (2) 'the beloved in the lover' is produced not by love but by the word, (3) the procession of love and the procession of what is termed 'the beloved in the lover' are formally the same, (4) the procession of love does not take place within the will but from the intellect into the will, and therefore (5) the procession of love differs from the procession of the word, which takes place entirely within the same potency and not from one thing to another, (6) the Holy Spirit is love, and therefore (7) the Holy Spirit is the 'beloved in the lover,' (8) the Holy Spirit proceeds immediately from the Word, and (9) the Holy Spirit does not proceed from love. (Fs)

783c If, on the other hand, 'the beloved in the lover' is produced by love, then (1) 'the beloved in the 'lover' is really distinct from love, (2) 'the beloved in the lover' is produced not by the word but by love, (3) the procession of love is formally one thing and the procession of what is called 'the beloved in the lover' is formally somediing else, (4) the procession by way of the will takes place entirely within the will, (5) the procession by way of the will is altogether similar to the procession of the word, which takes place entirely within the intellect, (6) the Holy Spirit is not love itself but that which is really distinct from love and is produced by love, (7) the Holy Spirit is 'the beloved in the lover,' (8) the Holy Spirit does not proceed immediately from the Word, and (9) the Holy Spirit proceeds from love. (Fs)

783d Thus, each opinion has nine consequences, all of which except the seventh are mutually contradictory. By understanding these many important differences, we can easily determine St Thomas's opinion on the procession of love, that is, whether he sides with us in affirming that 'the beloved in the lover' is constituted by love or with John of St Thomas2 and Thomists generally in teaching that 'the beloved in the lover' is produced by love.3 (Fs)

785a St Thomas's writings passim concerning the procession of love from the word are so clear that there can be not only no doubt but not even the slightest obscurity about his opinion on 'the beloved in the lover.' (Fs)