The Trinity and the Order of Reality

The world commended to us in Holy Scripture—as the real world to be inhabited by faith—is, in fact, a properly theological reality which is grounded in the Christian confession of the Triune God and of His good and holy purposes for His creation—purposes which come to realization, of course, by the way of redemption and the consummation of all things in the Lord Jesus Christ.

This lecture clip is taken from The Order of Reality: Levitical Foundations of Christian Theory, a full course module with Dr. Mark A. Garcia. This series of lectures explores Leviticus as catechism for reality for the covenant people of God, as properly theory rather than pre-philosophical or mythological (a la Hegel), and its relationship to ancient near eastern cuneiform philosophy. As catechism for reality, Leviticus provides a framework for reading the entire canon of Holy Scripture as well as a foundation for appreciating the ritual nature of reality, human nature and experience, and the Church’s faith, hope, and ministry. This includes commending theological and canonical reflection on the metaphysics and theology at work in what we will call the “Levitical Quadrilateral”: holy, profane, impure, and pure (Lev. 10:10).

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