Tag: Mathematical Theology
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An Insight of God’s love in Math
Whenever I mentioned that I see God in Mathematics, people always shrugged and commented that one shouldn’t define God with Mathematics, or reduce God to numbers. That’s like saying one shouldn’t talk about God in their language, or describe God in words! Mathematics is a language itself. If we believe that we are born in…
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How g(x) = 1/x expresses Matthew 16:24?
In Matthew 16:24, we have Then Jesus told his disciples, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me… This actually explains Peter’s problem when he denied Jesus three times in the high priest’s courtyard following the arrest of Jesus. He was a righteous person…
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Studying Christology Mathematically
When I first considered taking the Certificate of Pastoral Ministry program at St. Peter’s Seminary, I had some doubts about how I might handle studying, what is in my mind, the “Arts” subjects. After all, I once spent 10 years at university studying Mathematics and I was sure that one would need different mind-sets for…
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Understanding the Doctrine of Trinity through Mathematics
It has been a little while since I last posted something here. I started taking a program in September at St. Peter’s Seminary in London, Ontario and am enjoying it very much. One session of the program back in October was on the topic of the doctrine of Trinity. It was mentioned then that there were…
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The Christ function C(x)
Mathematicians like to describe the world in numbers and formulas when possible. A lot of research tends to find a formula or prove a mathematical statement that describes how certain numbers behave on paper and off the paper, to find the “truth” about numbers even when they are outside our normal human comprehension. I still…