Persona Classification Layer
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Karl Rahner
The supernatural existential — every human being is oriented to God in the depths of their being, whether they know it or not
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where personas disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid (32 attributes) is shown.
| Attribute | Karl Rahner |
|---|---|
| Time · Extent | Finite |
| Time · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Time · Grain | Continuous |
| Time · Freedom | Non-Deterministic |
| Time · Traversability | Linear |
| Time · Dimensionality | One |
| Time · Direction | Uni-directional |
| Space · Extent | Finite |
| Space · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Space · Curvature | Flat |
| Space · Dimensionality | Three |
| Space · Locality | Local |
| Matter · Extent | Finite |
| Matter · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Matter · Conservation | Conserved |
| Matter · Dimensionality | Three |
| Matter · Locality | Local |
| Observer · Time Instance | Single |
| Observer · Space Instance | Single |
| Observer · Knowledge Extent | Mediated |
| Observer · Knowledge Retainment | Partial |
| Observer · Physicality | Both |
| Observer · Agency | Active |
| Observer · Number | Plural |
| Observer · Metaphysical Agency | Personal |
| Observer · Moral Authority | Revelation |
| Observer · Theological Method | Magisterial |
| Energy · Extent | Finite |
| Energy · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Energy · Conservation | Conserved |
| Energy · Dispersibility | Irreversible |
| Information · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Information · Cosmic Conservation | Conserved |
| Information · Personal Conservation | Conserved |
| Information · Granularity | Continuous |
Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence
What each persona's writings reveal about their stance on each of the six dimensions.
Time
Karl Rahner
Finite creaturely time opened to eternity through the supernatural existential.
Space
Karl Rahner
Created substantival space.
Matter
Karl Rahner
Hylomorphic creature within a sacramental cosmos.
Observer
Karl Rahner
Plural creaturely observers, each constituted by openness to absolute mystery. Personal-divine cosmic agency: the triune God self-communicating.
Energy
Karl Rahner
Standard physics within sacramental cosmos.
Information
Karl Rahner
Personal soul conserved; resurrection of the body.
Internal Tensions
Where each persona's working synthesis strains against itself.
The "anonymous Christian" thesis was attacked from the Right (as diluting the uniqueness of Christ) and from the Left and by non-Christians (as a colonizing gesture that Christianizes those who didn't consent). Hans Urs von Balthasar wrote a sharp polemic ("Cordula") against the proposal. The supernatural-existential remained the underlying Catholic instinct of Vatican II despite the polemics.