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On the Alleged Theopaschitism of Peter of Ireland

by James Duguid | January 1, 2026

It has been alleged that Peter of Ireland denied divine simplicity – or, in other words, that he affirmed that there are in God passions, change, and movement. Yet another way to specify the charges is to say that he was a theopaschite – one who believes that God can have “passions” in himself, where “passion” may be defined as suffering, or more broadly as susceptibility to change by outside influence, or even more broadly as any potentiality in search of actualization. What follows is a ridiculously in-depth investigation into this question, seeking to make the relevant sources easily available to anyone who may be interested.