Unitarianism Trinitarianism Trinity Monotheism
Proposition # 2: If Jesus Christ is not literally God, then his death could not save us; no mere human can provide atonement for the sins of another. Also Acts 20:28 speaks of “the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.” (KJV)
Response: It needs to be noted that Jesus was no “mere” human. Luke 1:35 records that an angel told Mary, “Holy spirit will come upon you, and power of the Most High will … Read the rest
Response: There are a few verses that refer –or seem to refer– to Jesus as God. Trinitarians assume –incorrectly– that there are only two options: Jesus must be true God or he is a false god. However, there is another option: A few times the scriptures uses the word God TO REFER TO SOMEONE THAT IS ACTING AS GOD’S REPRESENTATIVE.
In the NET Bible, a translation made by trinitarians, Exodus 7:1 reads, “So the LORD said to Moses, … Read the rest
by Troy Salinger [SOURCE]
The orthodox creeds of Christianity, which have been handed down to us from the ecumenical councils of long ago, have dictated to believers of all time what must be believed about Christ in order for one to be considered orthodox, indeed in order to be saved. What these councils of the past have prescribed regarding what one must believe about Christ is that he is truly God and truly man, i.e. he possesses both a divine … Read the rest
An almost universal belief among (post Nicea-Constantinople) Christians is that the God of the Bible is a Trinity of three divine Persons called God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit; each Person individual and distinct, yet fully God: co-equal, co-eternal, and possessing all the same attributes of deity.
Even so, there are not three Gods, but one God.
Those puzzled by this mathematical Mystery may well wonder: What did Jesus have to say about the Trinity … Read the rest
by Dr. Steven Nemes, PhD in Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary, author of Orthodoxy and Heresy (Cambridge University Press, 2022)
I do not affirm the catholic doctrines of the Trinity and Incarnation as understood by the Nicene-Chalcedonian tradition. The doctrine of the Trinity teaches that the one God is one “being” or “nature” (ousia) subsistent in three “persons” (hypostases). The doctrine of the Incarnation teaches that Jesus Christ is one “person” (hypostasis, prosopon) in two “natures” (ousia, physeis). These are … Read the rest
by Sean Finnegan (May 2011) [click here for video]
1. Jesus Was a Jew
A veritable revolution in Jesus scholarship in the
last century occurred when scholars began taking seriously that Jesus and his earliest followers were Jewish, living in a particular socio-political Sitz im Leben, which is typically designated as second temple Judaism.
The Case: