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ON THE BI-MODAL SOLUTION TO THE FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM OF CHRISTOLOGY1 1 My thanks to Maxell Aranilla, Hazel T. Biana, Jc Beall, Ben Blumson, Mark Joseph Calano, Mark Anthony Dacela, Fides del Castillo, James Franklin, Brian Garrett, Michael Roland Flor Hernandez, Yujin Nagasawa, Raymond Girard Tan, the two anonymous referees of this journal, and the students of my Symbolic Logic and Philosophical Research classes to whom I’ve discussed this topic.

Abstract

In a recent paper, Jc Beall and A. J. Cotnoir proposed a bi-modal solution to the fundamental problem of Christology - the problem of reconciling the apparent contradiction implied by Christ’s divine and human natures. According to their solution, the contradiction could be resolved if one takes Christ’s dual nature as implying two different theological modal notions: one ranging over divine possibilities and the other over human possibilities. As a riposte, I argue that as novel and ingenious as Beall and Cotnoir’s solution may be, it still fails to account for the very crux of the fundamental problem, viz., the true (modal) proposition about Christ being God-incarnate.

Keywords:
Bi-Modal Solution; Chalcedon Doctrine; Christology; The Dual Nature of Christ

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