Work Classification Layer
Compare Works
Pick two or more works to set their attribute fingerprints, dimension-by-dimension passages, and shared school embodiments side by side. Especially useful for author-stage comparisons (Wittgenstein early vs late) and for setting a single tradition's foundational texts against each other.
Cur Deus Homo
Why God became man — Anselm's rational argument for the necessity of the Incarnation, founding text of satisfaction theory of atonement
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | Cur Deus Homo (Late-mature) |
|---|---|
| Time · Extent | Infinite |
| Time · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Time · Grain | Continuous |
| Time · Freedom | Non-Deterministic |
| Time · Traversability | Linear |
| Time · Dimensionality | One |
| Time · Direction | Uni-directional |
| Space · Extent | Infinite |
| Space · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Space · Curvature | Flat |
| Space · Dimensionality | Three |
| Space · Locality | Local |
| Matter · Extent | Infinite |
| Matter · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Matter · Conservation | Conserved |
| Matter · Dimensionality | Three |
| Matter · Locality | Local |
| Observer · Time Instance | Single |
| Observer · Space Instance | Single |
| Observer · Knowledge Extent | Partial |
| Observer · Knowledge Retainment | Total |
| Observer · Physicality | Embodied |
| Observer · Agency | Both |
| Observer · Number | Plural |
| Observer · Metaphysical Agency | Personal |
| Observer · Moral Authority | Scripture |
| Observer · Theological Method | — |
| Energy · Extent | Infinite |
| Energy · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Energy · Conservation | Conserved |
| Energy · Dispersibility | Irreversible |
| Information · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Information · Cosmic Conservation | Conserved |
| Information · Personal Conservation | Conserved |
| Information · Granularity | Discrete |
Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence
What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.
Time
Cur Deus Homo
Eternity of divine debt; historical Incarnation as response.
Space
Cur Deus Homo
Divine-human ontological space.
Matter
Cur Deus Homo
The God-man — embodied divinity.
Observer
Cur Deus Homo
The rational believer following Anselm's argument.
Energy
Cur Deus Homo
The infinite divine satisfaction the Incarnation accomplishes.
Information
Cur Deus Homo
The systematic argument from necessity.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
Satisfaction-atonement theology has been criticised (Abelard's exemplarist alternative, modern liberal theologians, feminist theologians) for its juridical framework; the Eastern Orthodox tradition has never accepted it. Continuing debate.