LessonsThe Attribute of Takwīn: Reality, Eternity, Created Effects and RelationsQuiz

If originated takwīn is a real subsisting attribute, a question arises: where does it subsist? If in God, it seems to introduce a temporal attribute into the divine essence. If it subsists in another entity, the description of creating may seem to attach to that other locus.

For example, locating the real principle of creating in a created body threatens to shift the relevant predication of Creator from the agent to the locus of the attribute.

This argument assumes takwīn is a real subsisting attribute. A theologian who understands it only as a relation or conceptual consideration disputes that premise.

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Fourth argument: where could originated takwīn subsist?

The Attribute of Takwīn: Reality, Eternity, Created Effects and Relations

If originated takwīn is a real subsisting attribute, a question arises: where does it subsist? If in God, it seems to introduce a temporal attribute into the divine essence. If it subsists in another entity, the description of creating may seem to attach to that other locus.

For example, locating the real principle of creating in a created body threatens to shift the relevant predication of Creator from the agent to the locus of the attribute.

This argument assumes takwīn is a real subsisting attribute. A theologian who understands it only as a relation or conceptual consideration disputes that premise.