Is Jesus the most high God according to the New Testament, specifically regarding the necessity of hypostatic properties in the Trinity?
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Adversarial, focusing on the modal grounding of hypostatic properties (paternity/begetting) in Trinitarian theology.
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Libyano
Argues that the Trinitarian distinction of hypostatic properties (like paternity) lacks grounding if they are claimed to be necessary in all possible worlds while not being essential to the divine essence.
- Claims raised2
- Defended2
- Refuted0
- Unanswered0
- Concessions0
- Fallacies (weighted)0.0
GodLogic
Argues that hypostatic properties are necessary to the persons of the Trinity and that the distinction between essence and hypostasis is coherent.
- Claims raised1
- Defended1
- Refuted0
- Unanswered0
- Concessions0
- Fallacies (weighted)0.8
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When the same word means two different things, the entire exchange becomes contestable. Below: every term where the debaters did not agree on a definition.
- Hypostatic propertiesnot alignedLibyano
Accidental properties that individuate a person but are not necessary in every possible world.
GodLogicProperties essential to the hypostasis (person) that are necessary in every possible world, distinct from properties of the essence.
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