O felix culpa! : The Fall, the Incarnation and Greater Good Theodicies
The claim of the Easter Proclamation that original sin is a "happy fall" (felix culpa) that earned us the Incarnation of the Son of God seems to virtually contain the elements for developing a "Greater God Theodicy," according to which sin has been permitted by God "in order...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Presses Universitaires de Louvain, Université Catholique de Louvain
2023
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TheoLogica
Year: 2023, Volume: 7, Issue: 2, Pages: 176-200 |
RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism FA Theology HB Old Testament NBC Doctrine of God NBE Anthropology |
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Summary: | The claim of the Easter Proclamation that original sin is a "happy fall" (felix culpa) that earned us the Incarnation of the Son of God seems to virtually contain the elements for developing a "Greater God Theodicy," according to which sin has been permitted by God "in order to" obtain some greater goods. In this paper I introduce four ways in which greater good theodicies can be drawn from the felix culpa claim: two "supralapsarian" ways (a deterministic and a Molinist one) and two "infralapsarian" ways (a conditional and a retrospective one). I consider the philosophical pros and cons of each proposal, showing that infralapsarian options are preferable. |
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ISSN: | 2593-0265 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: TheoLogica
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.14428/thl.v7i2.67263 |