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Thomas Emlyn was a beloved minister in a Presbyterian church in Dublin, Ireland. But he and a friend decided to investigate some recent controversies about “the Trinity,” and eventually Emlyn found himself seeing the New Testament in a unitarian light. Not being a contentious person, he avoided such topics in the pulpit. But when his true convictions came to light, he was immediately forced out, and he even had to flee the country until the controversy died down.
Coming back, in 1702 he wrote this little book to explain his convictions: An Humble Inquiry into the Scripture-Account of Jesus Christ: A Short Argument concerning His Deity and Glory, according to the Gospel. The result? Jail and an unjustly large fine – the result of Ireland’s then-current “blasphemy” laws!
In this episode I present some excerpts of the just-published Updated Edition of this lost classic. Beloved by previous generations of unitarian Christians, this edition makes Emlyn’s sure-footed, biblical critique of the deity of Christ accessible to today’s readers.
There’s also an exciting announcement for UCA Partners at the beginning of this episode!
Links for this episode:
Emlyn’s An Humble Inquiry @ Amazon
Theophilus Press (UCA blog post)
Emlyn’s Works (reprint of 1746 edition)
Emlyn @ the Dictionary of National Biography
You can become a UCA Partner here.
Kegan Chandler’s blog Buried Deep
Chandler’s Constantine and the Divine Mind
A letter from the Lord Jesus: About God and Me (Revised)
podcast 124 – a challenge to “Jesus is God” apologists
podcast 302 – The Stages of Trinitarian Commitment
This week’s thinking music is “Mockingbird (Instrumental)” by David Mumford.
