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SAVING NATURAL THEOLOGY FROM THOMAS AQUINAS IBD

FREE GRACE PRESS LLC
12 / 2021
9781952599460
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Sinopsis

In this much-anticipated follow-up toáThe Failure of Natural Theology, Jeffrey D. Johnson seeks to separate the reality of natural theology from the Greek philosophy-laden counterfeit advanced by Thomas Aquinas and others.Johnsonáendeavors to show howáclassical apologetics becameátainted with the introduction of Greek philosophy. Though Aquinas was not the first to seek toásyncretizeáthe pantheistic notions flowing out of Athens with the ontologically distinct and self-contained God who personally revealed himself in Jerusalem, he is one of the most influential and well-known perpetrators of this school of thought. He and pagan philosophers throughout the ages haveásuppressed, twisted, and perverted what has been communicated in natural revelation. They rejected what they knew in their hearts by attempting to formulate their own explanation of Godáand instead created an abstract being that is not the personal caretaker and judge of the universe. Such a god is not the God of natural revelation, and in fact, is no God at all.áThus, in this short treatise, Johnson presents the problems in AquinasâÇÖs version ofánatural theology. He not onlyáexplains why Greek philosophy is unsavable but also points to the apostle PaulâÇÖs rejectionáof it. Finally, heádiscusses various Reformersáwho have rejected AquinasâÇÖs natural theology.Ultimately, Johnson shows in Saving Natural Theology from Thomas Aquinas thatáif natural theology can be saved (and he believes it canábe), it must be saved from Thomas Aquinas.áá

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