The tragic absolute: a formal ontology of divinity
Divine absoluteness is construed as an identity wholly articulated in its relational embodi- ments, rather than an original completed apart from them. Structural death is the impossibility of preserving that identity while eliminating its constitutive mediation. Binary local systems provide a precise model: intrinsic transport determines their identity completely, while irreducibility ex- cludes every compatible global reference. I prove a representation theorem identifying irreducible embodiment, non-zero cohomology and identity-preserving non-normalisability. On an explicit incarnational interpretation, the Father’s death, the cross and resurrection are co-belonging determinations of one structure: the failure of a detached reference, its constitutive obstruction and the concrete embodiment of divine identity. Resurrection is thereby incarnation through structural death, not its temporal reversal. A finite model establishes joint realisability, and a separate result distinguishes intrinsic identity from effective descriptive completeness.
Authors
- Yi Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1437-8288)
Institutions
- University of Maryland, College Park (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2026-11-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23851586
- Primary Topic
- Karl Barth and Christian Theology
- Type
- preprint