Tillich’s Interpretation of Old Being

Abstract

Traditional theology, whether in the Roman Catholic tradition or in the orthodox protestant tradition or in other similar traditions, has distinguished three basic elements of all reality: there is nature in its unelevated status (natura in puris naturalibus); there is nature elevated to the supernatural order (natura supernaturalis); and finally there is God. Even though there is a natura lapsa, the three orders remained: natural, supernatural, and divine. Theology has been busy explaining the relationship between these three orders.