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Article · ChristologyBiblical theology · Greek word study · Christological analysis · Historical theology · Primary-source study

Was Christ Begotten at the Resurrection?

Born, begotten and firstborn in the eternal identity and saving work of the Son

A study of Psalm 2:7, Acts 13:33 and three Greek word-groups distinguishing Christ’s eternal Sonship from His resurrection, enthronement and supremacy as Firstborn.

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Eustathius of Antioch and His Place in the Early History of Christian Doctrine

R. V. Sellers · Theological biography and history of doctrine · 1928

A reconstruction of the life, conflicts, surviving writings, and Christology of Eustathius of Antioch, a prominent opponent of Arianism whose career illuminates both the Council of Nicaea and the unsettled theological and political struggles which followed it.

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Article · ChristologyBiblical exposition · Christian apologetics · Christological analysis

“I Am the First, and I Am the Last”

Isaiah, John, and the Divine Identity of Jesus Christ

…a created divine agent explain the whole pattern? What Arius actually maintained Historic Arianism should not be reduced to the claim that Jesus was merely an ordinary man. Arius placed the Son before the ages and attributed an exceptional dignity and creative role to Him. In his…

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Article · Christian DoctrineBiblical exposition · Apologetics · Theological reflection · Comparative theology

Eternal Love Before Creation

What the Father's love for the Son reveals about God

…"thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world." The issue is no longer whether unitarianism can construct a logically possible account of divine love. The issue is whether it can receive Christ's testimony concerning the Father's pre-creation love for the Son. Possibility…

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Article · ChristologyBiblical theology · Christological analysis · Historical theology · Primary-source study · Pastoral theology

Did the Incarnation Limit God?

Eustathius of Antioch, the human soul of Christ and the pictures created by our words

Why the eternal Son was not confined within Christ’s body, why His humanity was more than a passive instrument, and why imprecise pictures of the incarnation still matter.

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