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    Divinity is the property or activity of being the supreme... — Carmelics
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    Supports→Concrete occasions of love literally constitute divinity present in the universe.

    Divinity is the property or activity of being the supreme good.

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    Concrete occasions of love literally constitute divinity present in the universe...Humans instantiate perfect love when they love one another as Jesus loved.Jesus instantiated perfect love in his person and relationships.The supreme good in Christianity is identified as perfect love.

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    John Bishop and Ken Perszyk (2016, 2017) propose a panentheism they call a “euteleological conception of divinity” (model 22 here), on which (1) divinity is the property or activity of being the supreme good (“eu” in “euteleological”) and (2) realizing this property or activity is the point (“telos” or final cause) of the universe. In addition—inspired by an unusual kind of efficient causation called “axiarchism” on which final causes can function as efficient ones, an idea visible at least sinc

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