[percy-l] Percy-L Digest, Vol 161, Issue 4

Justin Bonanno bonannju at gmail.com
Thu Jul 9 12:18:36 EDT 2020


I vaguely recall reading about emanationism as it pertains to Gnosticism at
some point. The New Advent article suggested by Joe should answer what the
Catholic Church has taught about "emanationism":

"The doctrine of creation teaches that all things are distinct from God,
but that God is their efficient cause. God does not produce things from His
own substance nor from any pre-existing reality, but by an act of His will
brings them out of nothing. According to emanationism, on the contrary, the
Divine substance is the reality from which all things are derived, not by
any voluntary determination, but by a necessity of nature. And God does not
produce all things immediately; the lower are more distant, and are
separated from Him by necessary intermediaries. (It may be noted, however,
that sometimes the word emanation is used in a broader sense including also
creation. Thus St. Thomas: "Quæritur de modo emanationis rerum a primo
principio qui dicitur creatio". Summa, I, Q. xlv, a. 1.)"

And:

"Philosophically the discussion of emanationism supposes the discussion of
the whole problem of the nature of God, especially of His simplicity and
infinity. The doctrine of the Catholic Church is contained in the
definition of the dogma of the creatio ex nihilo by the Fourth Lateran
Council and, especially, the Council of the Vatican. The latter expressly
condemns emanationism (I. De Deo rerum omnium creatore, can. iv), and
anathematizes those "asserting that finite things, both corporeal and
spiritual, or at least spiritual, have "emanated from the Divine
substance.""

Question: Did you find the term emanationism in Percy? He was against
Gnosticism (see p. 25 in Samway's *Thief of Peirce*). I'm wondering about
the linkage between Percy and emanationism....

-Justin

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> Thank you all for your kind attention to my inquiry
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> Emanation ? to flow from?
> (From which all things are derived from the first reality or
> Principle)
>
> ? the first impressions are immortal all?
> From Thomas Traherne Poem
> ?Dumbness?
>
> I?m interested in rooting about the ground of all things
> Lauren
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> > On Jul 8, 2020, at 8:50 PM, janetcantor37--- via Percy-L <
> percy-l at lists.ibiblio.org> wrote:
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> > ?
> > Welcome and have more to say here. This is really to the point and had
> to be helpful.
> > Janet Cantor
> >
> > On Wednesday, July 8, 2020, 08:34:57 PM EDT, Joseph Francisco <
> joe.francisco4591 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Well this article is quite the rabbit hole:
> > https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05397b.htm
> >
> > But may give a little better sense of Emanation as it may be used in
> Catholic theology (not a common term, to my knowledge).
> >
> > In Percy, man's search for God is undertaken in the arena of people and
> things in the world. It's possible to seek Him there because all of created
> Being emanates from Him. Kind of like how you can tell a little bit about
> an artist from seeing his art.
> >
> > Anyway. Hope that is helpful.
> >
> > Also, I've been following on here for a while now, but haven't
> introduced myself. I'm an English teacher living in New Jersey. Discovered
> Percy in college and 'reverted' to Catholicism shortly thereafter.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Joe Francisco
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 8, 2020 at 4:16 PM Lauren Berdy <
> lauren.stacy.berdy at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I took the liberty of asking a question
> > Outside this circles former content.
> >
> > Although I have read deeply in
> > Dr Percy?s landscape my
> > Portal wasn?t thru Catholicism.
> >
> >
> > Can someone please explain the
> > Theological meaning for
> > Emanation ?
> > The metaphors behind?
> > I wonder this as it is a  word
> > That might help along my own
> > Thoughts on ?first causes?
> >  Thanks
> >
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Justin Bonanno, ABD
Department of Communication & Rhetorical Studies
Duquesne University
Pittsburgh PA 15282
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