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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

I recommend this study because it takes the reader beyond the familiar catchphrases about Nicaea and into the far less tidy world in which Christian language about Christ was still being argued, tested, and refined. Sellers shows that councils, bishops, imperial favour, personal…

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Article · Christian DoctrineBiblical exposition · Apologetics · Comparative theology

Not Three Gods

Why the Trinity is not polytheism—and why Christians confess one God

…of redemption does not turn Him into a lesser kind of deity. Was the Trinity invented at Nicaea? The Council of Nicaea in AD 325 did not vote Jesus into deity. It used precise language to reject the claim that the Son was a created being. Christians had worshipped Christ, baptis…

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Article · Bible and ManuscriptsHistorical study · Apologetics · Comparative theology

The Injeel Problem

Which Gospel does the Qur'an affirm?

…h language for Christ, even calling Him "our God". The technical vocabulary later used at Nicaea and Constantinople did not yet exist in its mature form. That does not mean those councils invented Jesus' deity, death or resurrection. Development in precision is not creation from…

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Article · Comparative ReligionApologetics · Comparative theology · Biblical exposition · Theological reflection

The Sum of These Things

Christianity, Islam and the verdict of the evidence

…been changed. The Qur’an had never changed. The Trinity meant three gods. The Council of Nicaea invented the deity of Jesus. Nicaea, Calvinism and later denominational disputes might be confused with one another as though Christian history were a collection of half-remembered wo…

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