“Reforming Ontology and Logic in the Light of the Trinity: An Application of Van Til’s Idea of Analogy” by Vern S. Poythress

Reflection on John 1:1 can lead us in reforming our conceptions of fundamental philosophical categories and logic.

 

John 1:1 shows that understanding the Trinity involves three aspects inextricably.  First, there is classification.  Each Person of the Trinity is classified as God.  Second, there is instantiation.  Each Person is particular, an “instantiation” of God, distinct from the other Persons.  Third, there is an associational aspect.  Each Person exists in association and communion with the other Persons (“the Word was with God”). …