Into the Wardrobe

Hi bluegoat
It needs a separate thread and I'm being very bad by doing this when I should be concentrating on the assignment I have to get in on Tuesday. In the fathers the key text on this is in one of Basil's letters where he distinguishes between God's essence and his operations. He says we know God's operations but his essence remains hidden from us. I'll let you have the reference when I have a minute. it's a well known text because it plays a vital role in the theology of Gregory Palamas.
Clouser's shorter works can be found here: The essay that best explains Clouser's view is 'Is God Eternal'. The key section begins on page 8. I would love to discuss this with someone who has the philosophical background to check Clouser out but it will be a few days before I can respond.
That goes for you too Mitch - and as I said we are revisiting old ground. I would love you to spell out this idea of rules of construction a bit more but I won't have time to give you the attention you deserve.