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Jesus’s Confession of Ignorance and Consubstantiality
TheoLogica, 2023 This essay argues that Jesus’s confession of ignorance about the day and hour of his return (Matt. 24:36; Mark 13:32) is logically inconsistent with the Nicene-Constantinopolitan doctrine of his “consubstantiality” (homoousia) with God the Father.
Steven Nemes
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The anti-eternal functional subordination versus the eternal functional subordination
Verbum et Ecclesia, 2023 This article is a follow-up of an article that describes the proponents of the eternal functional subordination (EFS). This evangelical movement was introduced by George Knight in 1977.
Willem H. Oliver
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The Ecumenical Review, Volume 75, Issue 2, Page 215-234, April 2023., 2023 Abstract This article gives an account of the discussions about the creed that took place at the Council of Nicaea in 325. It considers major problems regarding its origin and history and outlines the circumstances of its composition, its peculiar structure, and its purpose on the basis of the latest research. Finally, it discusses the legacy of Nicaea
Wolfram Kinzig
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1. Homoousios and the Analogy of Human Nature in the 350s and Early 360s
, 2014 J. Zachhuber
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The Ecumenical Review, Volume 75, Issue 2, Page 249-262, April 2023., 2023 Abstract This article examines the phrase “light from light” in the 4th‐century Nicene and Nicene‐Constantinopolitan creeds. The article begins by presenting the earliest use of light as a metaphor for Christ and his agency, as well as examples of similar language outside “orthodox” Christianity. It goes on to examine the meaning and use of “light from
Maria Munkholt Christensen
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Creation in Aquinas: ex nihilo or ex deo?
New Blackfriars, Volume 102, Issue 1102, Page 950-966, November 2021., 2021 Abstract While the Christian emphasis on creation as a free and gracious gift is often juxtaposed with Neoplatonic notions of world‐production as the emanation of being from the First Cause, I argue in this essay that there is no obvious contradiction between the doctrines of creation ex nihilo and emanation ex deo in Aquinas's thought.
Daniel Soars
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HILARY OF POITIERS AND THEOLOGICAL LANGUAGE
Acta Theologica, 2020 Hilary of Poitiers deals with the question concerning our knowledge of God. Knowledge of God will never be attained by human efforts. God is only known through Jesus who is God in the human flesh.
B. van de Beek
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Acta Theologica, 2023 The Ecumenical and Reformed Creeds and Confessions hold a continuity of Trinitarian doctrine as formulated since the Nicene creed (325 AD). Yet the role of the spirit seems to be undermined in such formulations. The historical context of the Nicene creed
A. Santoso
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A page from Russian cosmology in the Trinitarian story of creation
Verbum et Ecclesia, 2022 This article approached the doctrine of the Trinity from the vantage point of the science and religion dialogue, because the issue of faith and reason is integral to this concept. This approach requires humility and silence.
Johan Buitendag
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Theōsis: A Comparative Study of T. F. Torrance and Rāmānuja [PDF]
, 2017 This essay is an imaginative conversation as I engage two religious thinkers—the prolific Reformed theologian Thomas F. Torrance (1913-2007) and the great Vedāntin Rāmānuja (traditionally, 1017–1137).
Tsoukalas, Steven
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