Ep. #265 – Divine Simplicity Debrief w/ Pat Flynn & Dr. Gavin Ortlund
Summary
What is the doctrine of Divine Simplicity? What are Dr. Gavin Ortlund’s thoughts on his recent exchange with Dr. Ryan Mullins on the topic? Is God really related to creatures or not? Why is Divine Simplicity such an important doctrine? Pat Flynn and John DeRosa sit down with Gavin Ortlund to debrief his recent exchange and examine Divine Simplicity from a philosophical perspective.
Resources
The YouTube debate on Divine Simplicity (Ortlund vs. Mullins)
Is Grounding Essentially-ordered Causation? by Pat Flynn and Enric Gel
Mullins’ debrief of the debate on his podcast
Fullness of Being by Barry Miller
Aquinas on DDS in the Summa (ST I.3)
Does God Suffer? by Fr. Thomas Weinandy
God in Himself by Dr. Steven Duby
God Without Parts by Dr. James Dolezal
Free Will and God’s Universal Causality by W. Matthews Grant
Related Episodes
Ep. #258 – Divine Simplicity, Ultimate Explanation, and Revealed Theology w/ Dr. Christopher Tomaszewski (Plus Live Q & A)
BONUS|Aquinas and the Metaphysics of Creation w/ Dr. Kerr
Ep. #64 – Absolute Divine Simplicity w/ Dr. Dolezal
