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Holy, holy, holy: divine holiness and divine perfection
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AbstractDespite being emphatically ascribed to God in Scripture, holiness is little examined in the current literature on the divine attributes. This article defends a normative theory of holiness, taking as its point of departure Rudolf Otto's classic account of the phenomenology of the experience of holiness as that of a mysterium tremendum et fascinans. To be holy is to merit this dual response, that is, to merit both the overwhelming attraction and distinctive sort of repulsion that is characteristic of the experience of holiness. It is plausibly an implication of this account that a supremely holy being – one who is holy, holy, holy – must be the most perfect possible being.
Title: Holy, holy, holy: divine holiness and divine perfection
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AbstractDespite being emphatically ascribed to God in Scripture, holiness is little examined in the current literature on the divine attributes.
This article defends a normative theory of holiness, taking as its point of departure Rudolf Otto's classic account of the phenomenology of the experience of holiness as that of a mysterium tremendum et fascinans.
To be holy is to merit this dual response, that is, to merit both the overwhelming attraction and distinctive sort of repulsion that is characteristic of the experience of holiness.
It is plausibly an implication of this account that a supremely holy being – one who is holy, holy, holy – must be the most perfect possible being.
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