Dale
Dale Tuggy (PhD Brown 2000) was Professor of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Fredonia from 2000-2018. He now works outside of academia in Middle Tennessee but continues to learn and podcast.
podcast 246 – Response to Branson Part 4 – the shortcomings of “monarchical trinitarianism”
Is “monarchical trinitarianism” theologically viable?
podcast 245 – Response to Branson Part 3 – Dueling Definitions
Weighing incompatible definitions of trinitarian theology and unitarian theology.
podcast 244 – Response to Branson Part 2 – Early Orthodox Trinitarians
Gregory of Nazianzus and John of Damascus held that the one God is the Trinity.
podcast 243 – Response to Branson Part 1 – The Orthodox Doctrine of the Trinity
Most Orthodox theologians agree with Catholics and most Protestants that the one God is the Trinity.
podcast 242 – Dr. Beau Branson on the Monarchy of the Father – Part 4
A summary of Dr. Branson’s case and an argument against biblical unitarian theology.
letter to a friend who is converting to Orthodoxy
…let me comment on your later post where you explained, on a biblical level, what pointed you to converting to Orthodoxy…
podcast 241 – Dr. Beau Branson on the Monarchy of the Father – Part 3
Was 381 the dawn of imperially enforced confession of a triune God?
David Kelley on How to Evaluate Definitions
How does one objectively evaluate a definition of a concept, e.g. trinitarian or unitarian?
podcast 240 – Dr. Beau Branson on the Monarchy of the Father – Part 2
Is the first Catholic conciliar statement about a tripersonal God in the late 9th c.?
podcast 239 – Dr. Beau Branson on the Monarchy of the Father – Part 1
Can one be a trinitarian without believing in a tripersonal God?
podcast 238 – Dialogue with a Catholic Listener
“What bothers me most is the rhetorical move you’re making with this claim that everyone before Nicea (or so) was a ‘Unitarian.'”
podcast 237 – Levine and Witherington on Luke – Part 2
Some friendly disagreements about the prodigal son, women in Luke, and the deity of Christ in Luke.
podcast 236 – Levine and Witherington on Luke – Part 1
The first ever Jewish and Christian commentary on a biblical book.
As easy answer to: What is “the” Trinity doctrine?
“The Trinity doctrine, at least for orthodox Christians, is found in the seven ecumenical councils.”
podcast 235 – The Case Against Preexistence
Some reasons why we should think that the New Testament writers don’t believe that Jesus literally existed before his time in the womb.