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Analogy, symbolism and analogia fidei are three methods whereby Aquinas, Tillich and Barth respectively seek to provide a tool capable of giving an adequate interpretation of the God-creature relation and a justification for theological language. Analogy, symbolism and analogia fidei are different answers to the same problem. The problem is the meaning of words applied to God and to creatures. If our words mean exactly the same thing when applied to God and to creatures, then God’s transcendence is eliminated: God ceases to be God in order to be a creature or vice versa. On the other hand, if our words bear an altogether different meaning when applied to God, then God’s immanence is obscured: man is no longer in a position to know God.
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Mondin, B. (1963). The Meaning of Theological Language. In: The Principle of Analogy in Protestant and Catholic Theology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-9526-3_8
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