From Classical Metaphysics to Christian Theology

This essay investigates the symbolic formation of the figure of God in Christianity, highlighting the structural continuity with classical Greek metaphysics. Rejecting essentialist or theological explanations, it argues that Plato and Aristotle do not anticipate Christian theology, but rather establish ontological functions — order, intelligibility, orientation — which will later be reinscribed under a new figuration. The Platonic Demiurge and the Aristotelian Unmoved Mover are not theological gods, but conceptual operators that render the world legible and thought orientable. Christian theology repurposes these functions, attributing to them language, will, and agency. Throughout the text, it is shown how the figure of the Christian God results from the synthesis of philosophical principles, mythical narratives, and religious symbolic dispositifs. The aim is not to trace a linear genealogy, but to reveal how the divine function shifts across distinct symbolic regimes, while maintaining a fundamental operative coherence: to ensure that the world is cosmos, not chaos.