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Is God’s Moral Perfection Reducible to His Love?

Published:2023-01-20 Issue:2 Volume:14 Page:140
ISSN:2077-1444
Container-title:Religions
language:en
Short-container-title:Religions

Author:

Craig William Lane¹

Affiliation:

1. Department of Philosophy, Houston Christian University, Houston, TX 77074, USA

Abstract

Defenders of the identity thesis maintain that God’s moral perfection is reducible to and identical to His love. Unfortunately, this thesis overlooks the fact that, biblically, God‘s righteousness comprises both His love and justice. Moreover, divine justice is, in some significant measure, retributive in nature. This is especially evident in God’s eschatological punishment of the wicked, which can be justified only on retributive grounds. Such a retributive punishment cannot be attributed to love but is the just desert of the wicked.

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Religious studies

Link

https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/2/140/pdf

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