A Covenantal Ontology of the Triune God: An Attempt to Expound the Relationship between the Covenant and Ontology and Answer Richard Phillips’ Criticisms of My Views

Authors

  • Ralph Allan Smith

Abstract

This essay is an attempt to develop further my thinking about the Trinitarian covenant while I respond to Richard Phillips’ various criticisms of my books on the Trinity, especially the criticisms that the notion of a covenant among the Persons of the Trinity is mere speculation and that my views of Trinitarian ontology were unclear and confused. With regard to the first, I have presented more extensive evidence of a covenant relationships among the persons of the trinity. Included in that evidence is a suggested revision of the way we view the ontology of the Triune God. I hope that this essay can make some contribution toward the development of a distinctly Reformed view of the Trinity.

Published

2010-08-30

Issue

Section

Trinitarian Study