God Without - Parts: Divine Simplicity And The Me...

II. The Core Thesis: Simplicity as a Condition for Absoluteness

The doctrine of divine simplicity (DDS) is the classical theological confession that God is "without parts". Unlike created beings, who are "composites" of various parts (matter and form, essence and existence, substance and accidents), God is an absolute, indivisible unity. Historically, this doctrine was a non-negotiable pillar of Christian theism—defended by and the Reformed Scholastics—but it has faced significant challenges in modern theology. God without Parts: Divine Simplicity and the Me...

God Without Parts: Divine Simplicity and the Metaphysics of Absoluteness I. Introduction essence and existence

This draft explores the doctrine of divine simplicity (DDS) as articulated in seminal work, God without Parts: Divine Simplicity and the Metaphysics of God’s Absoluteness . substance and accidents)