act-of-relation-as-gift

In my gift-ontology, I call this the Primitive, but it’s properly titled “act-of-relation-as-gift” and it intends names a single metaphysical primitive intended to function as an explanatory floor under Catholic doctrinal constraints. It is act-first rather than substance-first or process-first. It is relation-first in the precise Trinitarian sense that relation means origin-fromness as personal subsistence, not detachable structure. It is gift-first in the precise sense that gift names the one act under the aspect of communicable plenitude, not as an added attribute or a fourth thing. This primitive aims to carry the whole package without contradiction: ultimacy, simplicity, Trinity, freedom in created termini, term-side novelty, inseparable operations, and sacramental realism. It is designed to prevent a God behind the Trinity and to prevent any account of divine action that implies becoming. For a detailed approach to this see “The Primitive.”