The Power of God and Miracles

Authors

  • Georg Gasser University of Innsbruck
  • Josef Quitterer University of Innsbruck

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24204/ejpr.v7i3.114

Abstract

In this paper we explicate the notion of a miracle and highlight a suitable ontological framework for it. Our proposal draws on insights from Aquinas’s discussion of miracles and from the modern ontology of powers. We argue that each substance possesses a characteristic set of natural powers and dispositions which are operative or become manifest in the right circumstances. In a miracle divine intervention activates the fundamental disposition inherent in each creature to be responsive to God’s call. Thus, a miracle brings something about which a substance’s set of natural powers and dispositions could not bring about by itself.

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Published

2015-09-23

How to Cite

Gasser, Georg, and Josef Quitterer. 2015. “The Power of God and Miracles”. European Journal for Philosophy of Religion 7 (3):247-66. https://doi.org/10.24204/ejpr.v7i3.114.