The Truth of Incarnation Based on Scholastic Theologians. The Attempt of a Nowadays Relecture

Dariusz Koper

Abstract

The God’s will is unchangeable. It cannot be changed by sin, neither by people’s prayers nor gifts giving for God. The Jesus’ Incarnation is wanted by God even before the sin. But this thesis was not so sure, because there is no full answer to this theese in the Bible. We can try to find out the answer in the two major theological schools: tomistic’s and fraciscan’s. But unfortunatelly, there is a huge problem, because both of them state two very different answers. Today it is also very important question what caused the Incarnation, especially for theology. It is more proper to teach theology in a positive key, instead of thinking that all God’s actions are motivated by human’s sin.

Keywords:

Incarnation, cause, sin, God's love, Thomas of Aquin, John Duns Scotus, thomism, Franciscans, salvation