Published: 2019-09-01

Is an Angel a “Thing”? An Attempt at Metaphysical Reflection on the Profession of Faith in God, “Maker of Heaven and Earth, of all Things Visible and Invisible”

Tomasz Dutkiewicz
Gdańsk Studies
Section: Artykuły
https://doi.org/10.26142/stgd-2019-004

Abstract

The Latin phrase from the Creed indicates that God is the Creator of everything, both visible and invisible (visibilium omnium et invisibilium) which in the Polish and recently changed English translation is expressed by In realistic metaphysics, the term “thing” is used in a sense which differs considerably from the colloquial meaning of the word, where it is understood as a fragment of inanimate matter. For metaphysics, it denotes one of the so-called transcendental properties of being and as such can be applied to everything that exists. the phrase “all things visible and invisible”. This translation seems to “objectify” the spiritual world which, in fact, consists of people, not things.

Keywords:

angel, person, thing, being

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Dutkiewicz, T. (2019). Is an Angel a “Thing”? An Attempt at Metaphysical Reflection on the Profession of Faith in God, “Maker of Heaven and Earth, of all Things Visible and Invisible”. Gdańsk Studies, 44, 65–74. https://doi.org/10.26142/stgd-2019-004

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