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Bavinckian rhapsody : Herman Bavinck's doctrine of divine simplicity

Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Master of Theology Thesis Abstract: The goal of this thesis is to explore Herman Bavinck's doctrine of divine simplicity. No one has fully explored Bavinck's doctrine of divine simplicity before, those who have engaged it in past scholarship have pigeonholed it as strictly Thomistic. More recently Bavinck studies due to the "organic motif" has pushed against this Thomistic label being falsely thrust upon Bavinck like a shrunk, ill-fitting wool sweater. Rather they aver that Bavinck, while orthodox strives to be modern and moreover that he is too critical of the heart of Thomistic thinking to be considered purely Thomistic. A key question the thesis poses is in what ways is Bavinck attempting to be modern in his doctrine of divine simplicity? Two tertiary questions that will inform this answer is how is Bavinck appropriating Thomas, but also eclectically appropriating other theologians in such a way that calling him Thomistic may miss the scope of his DDS? Is Bavinck doing anything unique in his articulation of divine simplicity that would make him difficult to categorize? The answer to thesse questions centers on the growing implications birthed

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