{"id":6029,"date":"2014-03-17T14:49:59","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T18:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/?p=6029"},"modified":"2016-03-17T19:24:07","modified_gmt":"2016-03-17T23:24:07","slug":"podcast-31-william-hasker-on-the-arian-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/podcast-31-william-hasker-on-the-arian-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"podcast 31 &#8211; Dr. William Hasker on the &#8220;Arian&#8221; Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2001\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6029-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities031.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities031.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities031.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities031.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=6029-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities031.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"trinities031.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/7FuUF9DZM3zhtN41n6RJ6l\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribebyemail.com\/trinities.org\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe by Email\" rel=\"nofollow\">Email<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6030\" src=\"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/nicaea-sistine.jpg\" alt=\"nicaea-sistine\" width=\"578\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/nicaea-sistine.jpg 578w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/nicaea-sistine-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/nicaea-sistine-420x257.jpg 420w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/nicaea-sistine-460x282.jpg 460w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/nicaea-sistine-90x55.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" \/>Was the <strong>Council of Nicea (325) a defense and re-affirmation<\/strong> of core catholic theology? And did the Council of Constantinople (381) merely re-affirm Nicea, and slightly clean up its language and the details of its theology?<\/p>\n<p>In this episode, analytic theologian Dr. William<strong> Hasker gives his perspective<\/strong> on these fourth century events, reading from his <em><a title=\"Metaphysics and the Tripersonal God\" href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/trinities-20\/detail\/0199681511\" target=\"_blank\">Metaphysics and the Tripersonal God<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(discussed <a title=\"Hasker interview part 1\" href=\"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/podcast-27-interview-with-dr-william-hasker-about-his-metaphysics-and-the-tripersonal-god-part-1\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> and <a title=\"Hasker interview part 2\" href=\"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/podcast-28-interview-with-dr-william-hasker-about-his-metaphysics-and-the-tripersonal-god-part-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>)<em>.\u00a0<\/em>He contrasts a <strong>traditional understanding<\/strong> of these events with a clearer view based on careful historical investigation, such as that in Dr. Lewis Ayres&#8217;s <em><a title=\"Nicea and Its Legacy\" href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/trinities-20\/detail\/0198755058\" target=\"_blank\">Nicea and Its Legacy<\/a>, <\/em>and <a title=\"podcast episode 30 - The Council of NIcea\" href=\"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/podcast-30-the-council-of-nicea\/\" target=\"_blank\">the sources I linked last time<\/a>. And following Ayres, he discusses what &#8220;Pro-Nicene&#8221; theology is, as exemplified by &#8220;<a title=\"the Cappadocian Fathers\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cappadocian_Fathers\" target=\"_blank\">the Cappadocian Fathers<\/a>.&#8221;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6034\" src=\"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/crown2.jpg\" alt=\"crown2\" width=\"468\" height=\"597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/crown2.jpg 780w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/crown2-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/crown2-420x536.jpg 420w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/crown2-460x587.jpg 460w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/crown2-90x115.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After Hasker&#8217;s discussion, I share a few thoughts on <strong>authority and tradition<\/strong>, sketching for your consideration a &#8220;thought experiment&#8221; about <strong>an imagined future ecumenical council,<\/strong> one which would give a new meaning to paintings like this one.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thanks to Bill Hasker<\/strong> for his reading, and for his informative, high-quality work on this subject.<\/p>\n<p>You can also <strong>listen t<\/strong><strong>o this episode on<\/strong>\u00a0<strong><a title=\"trinities podcast @ stitcher\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/s?fid=54067&amp;refid=stpr\" target=\"_blank\">Stitcher<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0<strong><a title=\"trinities @ itunes\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/id690304581?mt=2&amp;uo=4&amp;at=11l5XS\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a>\u00a0(please subscribe, rate, and review<\/strong>\u00a0us in either or both \u2013 <strong><a title=\"how to rate us at iTunes and Stitcher\" href=\"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/review\/\" target=\"_blank\">directions here<\/a><\/strong>). 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(If you see \u201ctrinities\u201d in you\u00a0url while at Amazon, then we\u2019ll get it.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Was the Council of Nicea (325) a defense and re-affirmation of core catholic theology? And did the Council of Constantinople (381) merely re-affirm Nicea, and slightly clean up its language and the details of its theology? In this episode, analytic theologian Dr. William Hasker gives his perspective on these fourth century events, reading from his&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/podcast-31-william-hasker-on-the-arian-controversy\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">podcast 31 &#8211; Dr. William Hasker on the &#8220;Arian&#8221; Controversy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6030,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,14,57,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-heresy-orthodoxy","category-history","category-podcast","category-theories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6029"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36524,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6029\/revisions\/36524"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}