Abstract
This article explores the application of paraconsistent logic to one of theology’s enduring challenges: the metaphysics of the Incarnation. The claim that Christ is both fully human and fully divine, as defined by the Council of Chalcedon, presents a significant ontological dilemma, as these two natures are inherently incompatible and mutually exclusive according to classical logic: on the one hand, human nature is defined by finitude, mutability, and moral fallibility, and divine nature is understood as infinite, immutable, and morally impeccable, on the other. Drawing on Jc Beall’s contradictory Christology, this article argues that paraconsistent logic provides a coherent framework for accommodating this contradiction without collapsing into logical explosion, presenting key arguments why this new approach deserves significant philosophical and theological consideration.
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Daut, Vincent Ray M.
(2025)
"Paraconsistent Logic and the Metaphysics of the Incarnation: A Defense of Jc Beall’s Contradictory Christology,"
Loyola Papers: Vol. 6:
No.
2, Article 6.
Available at:
https://archium.ateneo.edu/loyola/vol6/iss2/6