Thursday, August 01, 2024

Words of the Month (August 2024)

1. Haecceitas (Latin)-"Thisness" or specificity: it's a neologism evidently coined by the medieval philosopher-theologian Duns Scotus (died 1308 CE).

2. Postlapsarian (Latin)-When used theologically, the word can be defined this way:  "occurring after or due to the fall of humankind as expounded in the Bible"

See https://www.thefreedictionary.com/postlapsarian

3. Infralapsarian (Latin)-"any of a group of Calvinists who held that God's plan of salvation for some people followed and was a consequence of the fall of humankind from grace"

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/infralapsarian

4. Hypostatic union (Greek derivation)- "union in one hypostasis

especially : the union of the divine and human natures of Christ in one hypostasis"

See https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hypostatic%20union

4 comments:

Duncan said...

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118827833.ch25

Roman said...

I love the concept of Haecceity, although I know it remains quite controversial.

Edgar Foster said...

You might like this book: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-94-015-8175-2

But it's not an easy read.

Duncan said...

https://www.aristotelophile.com/Books/Translations/Scotus%2520Ordinatio%2520I%2520dd.1-2.pdf