Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 XP

Summary of text [comment] pages 86 and 87

[Let me return to the interscope of the thought experiment of ‘I choose something’.

I, seat of choice3b, elevates and embodies the actuality of my choice2b, which, in turn, emerges from and situates the potentials inherent in something1b.

The possibilities inherent in me1a underlie something2a, which is then situated as a potential.

What is the normal context for something2a?

A thought experiment3a.]


Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 XO

[Modernism fixates on the rules of non-contradiction.


Long dismissed religious and philosophical ideas spring to life.

The concept of the nested form may seem new and bizarre.

But it is not new.




How could they have been so stupid?]


Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 XH

[Throughout history, Christian believers wrestled with heresies that focused on certain relational elements while ignoring the other elements. These heresies distorted the big picture.

Impressions that something was lacking were confirmed by subsequent events.

For example, many heresies often have a way of making some people look better and others look less.

Subsequent events confirm these impressions.]