Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.1DS-1

[What lessons come from these associations?

First, two interscoping forms may coalesce into an intersection. The intersection gels when the perspective level no longer supports sensible construction.

Sensible construction is depicted by a two level interscope, containing only content and situation. The perspective level is assumed to be valid and appropriate.

In the interscoping forms, ‘the potential underlying participation1b’ emerges from and situates ‘my recognition2a’. ‘My recognition2a’ comes from ‘the potentials of me to recognize myself1a’.

These elements are not in tension when the perspective level is taken for granted.

When the perspective level no longer ‘makes sense’, the actualities of recognition and participation also no longer make sense. The actualities of recognition and participation are in tension.

The tension between ‘I recognize myself’ and ‘my human nature is to participate in the divine nature’ produces an intersection at the moment when ‘my self-recognition2a’ no longer sensibly undergirds ‘my potential for participation1b’.]