Category: Pre-Nicea Christianity

A Brief History of the Unitarians 1687

imagesA Brief History of the Unitarians by Stephen Nye · 1687

[I post this because it traces long before the Socinians, the doctrines they held can be found in history prior to Nicea]

The First Letter, Concerning the Unitarians, vulgarly called Socinians.

SIR,

IN Answer to yours, demanding a brief account of the Unitarians, called also Socinians; their Doctrine concerning God (in which only they differ from other Christians, the Remonstrants, professedly agreeing with them in other points of Faith … Read the rest

The Shift from Messiah, Son of God, to Jesus as “God.”

by Sir Anthony Buzzard

downloadLee Strobel in his well known investigation of the Christian faith spoke with an evangelical professor, Ben Witherington. The conversation proceded as follows. Strobel said:

“Jesus tended to shy away from forthrightly proclaiming himself to be the Messiah or Son of God. Was that because he did not think of himself in those terms or because he had other reasons?”

Ben Witherington replied:

“No, its not because he did not think of himself in those terms. … Read the rest

What Did Christianity Lose when it Parted from Judaism

The article was written by well respected scholar James Dunn, and this is from an article in Explorations vol 8, Num 2, 1994. (bolds are mine for emphasis)

1. Monotheism.

The simple answer is that Christianity lost the clarity of a belief in God as one,Judaism that is, one without further qualification.

Of course, Christianity continued to claim that it is and always has been a monotheistic faith. But there is no doubt that the doctrine of the Trinity, … Read the rest

Early High Christology – Did Jesus think he was God?

This is a FEATURED VIDEO of a presentation given by Kegan Chandler, from YOUTUBE.

Trinity Fidget SpinnerNOTE : When watching – remember what the doctrine of “The Trinity” is. TRINITY DEFINITIONS can be found for review under categories on the right.

Kegan Chandler works us through the answers from the “Early High Christology Club” to the question “Did Jesus know he was God”? We discover that there is not one consistent view among these scholars (like Michael F. Bird, N.T. Wright, … Read the rest

The Trinity Before Nicea

This is a FEATURED VIDEO on this site, presented by Sean Finnegan from YOUTUBE.

The NOTES on this presentation can be found on Sean’s excellent RESTITUTIO site here :

https://restitutio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/The-Trinity-before-Nicea-TheCon-2019.pdf

NOTE : When watching – remember what the doctrine of “The Trinity” is besides what Matt Slick’s definition is in this video. SEE “DEFINITIONS OF THE TRINITY” under “categories” on the right.… Read the rest