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Work #1511 · Mid-career

The Scripture-Doctrine of the Trinity

Samuel Clarke
1712 · English
Theological compilation with critical commentary · Newtonian natural theology / English rationalism / Arian-Subordinationist anti-Trinitarianism

Clarke's 1712 'Scripture-Doctrine of the Trinity' — a quasi-Arian-Subordinationist reading that nearly cost him his preferment

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Attribute The Scripture-Doctrine of the Trinity (Mid-career)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Both
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 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 Immediate
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Active
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Personal
Observer · Moral Authority Revelation
Observer · Theological Method
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 work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

The Scripture-Doctrine of the Trinity

1712 — mid-career Clarke.

Space

The Scripture-Doctrine of the Trinity

London.

Matter

The Scripture-Doctrine of the Trinity

Three-part theological compilation.

Observer

The Scripture-Doctrine of the Trinity

Mid-Clarke, on the question that defined his career-ceiling.

Energy

The Scripture-Doctrine of the Trinity

Critical-biblicist energies.

Information

The Scripture-Doctrine of the Trinity

Single large volume — Scripture-passages plus commentary.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

The Scripture-Doctrine of the Trinity

The work that brought Clarke before Convocation in 1714 and precluded his further ecclesiastical advancement.