Reflections on faith, reason, and apologetics
This essay explores a possibility rather than defending a settled conclusion. It asks whether Deuteronomy 6:4 might be read primarily as a confession of exclusive covenant loyalty to YHWH rather than as a metaphysical statement about God's internal constitution, and what would follow for the doctrine of the Trinity if it were. The essay suggests that such a reading, if sound, would loosen the exegetical pressure that drives much of the logical problem of the Trinity. That in turn might allow the theologian to use conceptualist tools at the level of language and predication without adopting a conceptualist metaphysic that reduces the divine persons to distinctions of reason. The proposal is offered tentatively, with attention to the texts that resist it and the objections it invites.
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