현대 기독교철학의 제문제 토마스 아퀴나스의 신명론 -우리는 어떻게 신에 대해서 말할 수 있고 말해야만 하는가? = Thomas Aquinas on Naming God -How Can and Should We Speak of God?-

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Thomistic scholars have different readings of Thomas Aquinas`` Summa Theologica in terms of speaking of God. With respect to Aquinas`` theory of analogy, some scholars such as David Burrell and Mark Jordan emphasize human incomprehensibility of God and argue that we cannot speak of God metaphysically. Other scholars such as Franlkin Gamwell think that by appealing to the biblical doctrine of creatio ex nihilo we can apply positive terms to God and creatures univocally. Regarding the issue of speaking of God, this article provides an analysis of question 1, 2, 3, and 12 as to question 13 which has to do with naming God. The purpose of this article is to show that a proper reading of question 13 by focusing on Aquinas`` view of analogy and the relationship between God and creatures leads us to a better understanding of analogical speaking of God. As Gregory Rocca argues, due to ontological similarity, on the one hand, we can speak of God meaningfully, but on the other hand, our naming God is limited to analogical prediction. This implies that Aquinas`` theory of analogy is a good model to think of how we can speak of God meaningfully without depreciating God`s transcendence and falling into pantheism, skepticism, and dualism.