As easy answer to: What is “the” Trinity doctrine?
“The Trinity doctrine, at least for orthodox Christians, is found in the seven ecumenical councils.”
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The Orthodox Formulas 1: The Council of Nicea (325)
Most conservative (and even, many not-too conservative) Christians belong to churches and/or denominations which affirm traditional language about the Trinity. In this series, I’m going to just put all this on the table, as the fact is, many Christians, especially those from less “confessional” traditions, aren’t very familiar with these traditional formulas. I’m not going to go too much into the history for now. The… Read More »The Orthodox Formulas 1: The Council of Nicea (325)
answering Bowman’s questions about identity, being the same F
In the comments to my last round, Mr. Robert M. Bowman, Jr. replied to my request for his reply to this argument: The Father and the Son are the same God. For any x and y, and for any kind F, if x and y are the same F, then x is an F, y is an F, and x = y. (x and y… Read More »answering Bowman’s questions about identity, being the same F
response to Hays’s “review” of What is the Trinity?
Rebutting a slanderous and careless “review” by a blogger.
podcast 319 – Thoughts on my debate with Rogers about Mark – Part 1 – culture clash
Why “that’s just Philosophy” is no excuse for a failure of basic critical thinking.
2015: the trinities podcast in review
2015 was a good year for the trinities podcast! Many thanks to those who supported it via PayPal or Amazon. Here are some highlights, month by month: January: podcast 70 – The one God and his Son according to John February: podcast 74 – Justin Martyr’s Dialogue with Trypho – Part 1 March: podcast 81 – Dr. Oliver Crisp on the breadth of Reformed tradition April: podcast 83 – The Spiritual… Read More »2015: the trinities podcast in review
podcast 284 – Does the Bible Teach that God is a Trinity? Cole-Tuggy Dialogue – Part 3
Does the famous “Great Commission” passage at the end of Matthew teach that the one God is a Trinity?
podcast 25 – Pastor Sean Finnegan on “the Holy Spirit” – Part 1
In this episode Pastor Sean Finnegan and I discuss biblical spirit-talk: “the Holy Spirit,” “the Spirit of the LORD,” “God’s spirit,” “the Spirit of Christ,” etc. Sean helpfully distinguishes four types of spirit-talk in the Bible, giving many examples from both testaments. We also discuss traditional catholic arguments for the Holy Spirit being a third divine person in addition to the Father and the Son,… Read More »podcast 25 – Pastor Sean Finnegan on “the Holy Spirit” – Part 1
Congrats on a Publication
Congratulations to trinities contributer Scott Williams on the publication of his “Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Henry of Ghent, and John Duns Scotus: On the Theology of the Father’s Intellectual Generation of the Word”. His abstract: There are two general routes that Augustine suggests in De Trinitate, XV, 14-16, 23-25, for a psychological account of the Father’s intellectual generation of the Word. Thomas Aquinas and Henry of… Read More »Congrats on a Publication
Dialogue with John on Thinking about the Trinity
At his blog Faith & Scripture, my friend John interacts with the questions for the reader in chapter 10.
podcast 93 – review of Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus – Part 1
The gripping story of Nabeel Qureshi’s journey from Islam to Christianity.
Dr. Sanguinetti responds to the Challenge argument
A dialogue with Oneness scholar Dr. Marvin Sanguinetti about my Challenge argument.
Hays’s Nelson Muntz “objection” to unitarian theology
Real arguments vs. pointed questions combined with incredulous tone.
Kimel’s review of What is the Trinity – Part 3
What Origen actually says vs. what trinitarians wish that he’d said.
God-Talk interview on biblical unitarian theology – Part 1
Dale interviewed on the God-Talk podcast about biblical trinitarian theology and the Bible.
the “Functional Polytheism” accusation
An apologist tries to tag unitarian Christians with some unwelcome words.
“What, is the Son supposed to be an atheist?” – Part 3
What I would expect to see, if Yahweh himself were to be a man, would be…
podcast 276 – How is the Trinity Central to the Gospel? Or: How The Gospel Coalition Prioritizes Speculation over Scripture
Who needs the Bible when you can gesture at some philosophical speculations?