论阿奎那创世形而上学的三个层面

阿奎那在形而上学基础上建构创世信仰,确立创世形而上学体系。此体系包含三个层面:上帝是世界的第一原则,其本质与存在同一,即纯粹的现实活动;创造作为上帝的本质体现和神圣活动就是存在的给予;世界万物,既绝对受造于上帝,又自有其分有之在,表现为存在论上的依存性和自在性。阿奎那的创世形而上学正是对《圣经》"起初,上帝创造天地"信仰告白的哲学表达,代表了新的神学范式。

On Aquinas' Metaphysics of Creation

Aquinas tried to establish his metaphysics of creation theologically and philoso phically.Creating belongs to God alone,as means that it is God's divine action.For God,as to its essence,is nothing but pure act.The essence of creation i s creatio ex nihilo,as means that God the Creator alone creates the entire worl d out of nothing.Since God is the giver of being,the first principle alone,cr eating is but to give being.And the creatures,as to their existence,were crea ted by God.Although all the things come ...