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    We ought to uphold as many traditional theological claims... — Carmelics
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    We ought to uphold as many traditional theological claims as possible, even if some ancient doctrines like divine simplicity cannot be retained.

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    • 1.We should assume divine guidance of theological development.
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    • 2.The Church's doctrine of the Trinity is not as such to be found in the New Testament, yet the tradition developed under divine guidance.
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    • 3.Retaining as much of the tradition as possible is appropriate given that assumption.
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    • 1.Theological tradition contains internally contradictory doctrines, so 'retaining as many as possible' yields no coherent maximization criterion.
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    • 2.Divine simplicity and Trinitarian personhood generate logical contradictions that cannot both be retained without equivocation on core terms.
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    • 3.A methodology that selectively retains tradition without principled criteria is indistinguishable from motivated reasoning dressed in piety.
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    • 1.Assuming divine guidance of theological development commits the genetic fallacy unless the guidance claim is independently verified.
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    • 2.Historical theology shows doctrinal development was shaped by imperial politics, philosophical fashions, and polemical contingency, not revelation alone.
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    • 3.If tradition's authority derives from its causal origin, the burden of proof lies with those claiming divine rather than sociological causation.
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    William Hasker (2013b) has constructed what is arguably the most developed three-self theory of the Trinity. As with Swinburne, his thoughts have developed over decades (Tuggy 2013b), but this entry will focus on his recent publications. For Hasker, following Plantinga, the Persons of the Trinity are “distinct centers of knowledge, will, love, and action…persons in some full sense of the term” (22; cf. Chapter 24). Hasker argues that such a view is widespread in ancient sources, including Gregor
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