In this paper, I attempt to explain the systematic position of the Divine within
Heidegger’s thought in a necessary relation with the ontological difference and
the initial origin of Phenomenology To achieve this, it is necessary to overcome
the dichotomy Heidegger posits between the metaphysical God and the divine
God. On the one hand, Heidegger’s conception of the metaphysical God is
essentially related to the Aristotelian-Scholastic notion of ‘arche’ as the highest
being; and thus, it doesn't embrace the negative approach to ‘arche’ in the
Platonic tradition. On the other hand, Heidegger's attempt for the expression of
the appearance of God entangles himself in a fideistic approach which has no
relation with the ontological difference; thereby contradicting the criteria of his
own thinking. The criticism of these two approaches, creates the necessity of a
more fundamental understanding of the Divine according to the ontological
difference and the origin of appearance in an implicit reference to the Platonic
‘arche beyond Being’ in the sense of a negative understanding of ‘arche’ as
concealment, absence and nothingness
