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The Trinity and Personal Identity

Peter Forrest

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Abstract

The idea that the doctrine of the Trinity is a mystery suggests one strategy. It is to find something else that defies human comprehension but which we firmly believe in, and use it to speculate about the Trinity. And the obvious - perhaps too obvious - place to look is in ourselves. There are several aspects of human beings that defy human comprehension. One of these is our persistence over time. In this paper I explore the idea that the three Persons stand to each other in a way somewhat analogous to the temporal stages of an enduring person.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Trinity: East/West Dialogue
Editors Stewart, Melville Y., Swinburne, Richard
Place of PublicationDordrecht, Netherlands
PublisherKluwer Academic
Pages75-82
Edition1
ISBN (Print)1402017286
Publication statusPublished - 2003

Publication series

NameStudies in philosophy and religion
Numberv. 24

Keywords

  • Metaphysics

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