tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713231510890712652.post8280405247575591296..comments2024-03-02T08:27:42.344+00:00Comments on Theological Scribbles: Creation as the "living garment of God"Robin Parryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08856329564156757485noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713231510890712652.post-66364448383190412342015-05-18T09:19:12.510+01:002015-05-18T09:19:12.510+01:00Thanks Monica
That is very interesting.
RobinThanks Monica<br /><br />That is very interesting.<br /><br />RobinRobin Parryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08856329564156757485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713231510890712652.post-25312908428680801832015-05-14T20:22:16.498+01:002015-05-14T20:22:16.498+01:00A belated response, but I discovered this fine lit...A belated response, but I discovered this fine little gem of a post while searching for any historical precedent for the use of the "clothing" metaphor to talk about the natural world as the garment of God. I am writing on Calvin's Pneumatological Doctrine of Creation (for my dissertation) and have found this metaphor instructive in understanding the Spirit's relationship with the world (although I also am drawn to the child-in-the-womb image you include here). Elsewhere in the "Institutes" Calvin describes the Spirit as "diffused" and "transfusing" into all living things. I contend that this language is very fruitful for understanding God's relationship with the world and our relationship with other living things, united through the continual inspiration of the Spirit (though not one and the same!). A renewed eco-theological ethic follows closely behind these renewed ways of understanding relationality in the world.Monica Schaap Piercenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713231510890712652.post-5699168903713002762014-12-13T00:17:24.894+00:002014-12-13T00:17:24.894+00:00I have often pondered the relationship with God an...I have often pondered the relationship with God and his creation in this way. These scriptures and commentaries give me something to ruminate. Thank you!Christopher Peytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12041098700039692811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713231510890712652.post-9927677647821403262014-12-12T14:57:31.513+00:002014-12-12T14:57:31.513+00:00Thanks for sharing these quotes.
Jews recite Psal...Thanks for sharing these quotes. <br />Jews recite Psalm 104:2 each morning while putting on a prayer shawl. I find it to be a similarly beautiful and awe-inspiring image.Yahnatanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02321984415847643594noreply@blogger.com