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What is the meaning of the biblical term "divine nature", and what does it tell us about the biblical use of the title "God"?
I think Trinitarians and Jehovah Witnesses alike agree, that the term "God" refers to the unique being who is beyond our universe and who created our universe out of nothing. Trinitarians ...
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Why was homoousios used in the Nicene Creed?
The Nicene Creed is the official doctrine of most Christian churches—the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox Churches, Church of the East, and Anglican Communion, as well as ...
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Why has the phrase "from the ousia of the Father" been omitted from the Nicene Creed?
We believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of all things
visible and invisible; And in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the Son of God,
begotten from the Father, only-begotten,
that is, from the ...
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In the 325 Nicene Creed, what is the meaning of "of" in the phrase, "He is of another substance or essence?"
That phrase was written both as a condemnation of individuals within the Church, and religious groups that maintained that Jesus Christ was "of another substance or essence". As you rightly ...
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According to trinitarians (or binitarians): How can God the Son be “appointed heir of all things“ (Hebrews 1:2) if „all belongs to Him“ already?
Christ is "heir of all things", but he has not yet inherited all things.
Currently, it is Satan that rules this world (as proclaimed every day in the news headlines):
Now is the judgment of ...
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What is the meaning of the biblical term "divine nature", and what does it tell us about the biblical use of the title "God"?
This is not a question to disparage, but it does cause despair amongst those who know experientially that they are already born from above, "partakers of the divine nature", then seeing one ...
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Is consubstantiality and homoousis the same thing?
They should be taken as meaning the same thing, but the Greek meaning was somewhat complicated when put into Latin, which was further complicated when that Latin was later put into English.
The ...
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Is the biblical term "God" a denotation for a specific lifeform, or a title?
In the Bible, the word 'God' predominantly identifies the eternal Spirit who created everything. Sometimes it refers to pagan ideas of their gods, which they give names to (such as Ashtoreth etc). But ...
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What evidence is there that the original framers of the 325 Nicene Creed intended it to be read in subordinationist ways?
'I and the Father are one', John 10:30, and 'My Father is greater than I', John 14:28, express both equality (of nature) and subordination (in relationship) which the Nicene Fathers fully appreciated ...
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Should a Protestant accept the Nicene Creed?
Most Protestants accept the Nicene Creed. It's one of the most accepted creeds in the Christian world.
Those that do include:
Anglicans and Episcopalians
Lutherans
Methodists
Christian Reformed
The ...
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Should a Protestant accept the Nicene Creed?
Luther is historically credited with the idea of "Sola Scriptura" (although earlier people used the principle extensively such as Wycliffe, and others). However, when Luther concluded his ...
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According to Trinitarianism, is God - strictly speaking - a person?
The answer on GotQuestions is not an accurate expression of Trinitarianism.
I would encourage the study of Athanasius on the subject as being more representative.
The term 'God' - Theos in Greek, ...
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What evidence is there that the original framers of the 325 Nicene Creed intended it to be read in subordinationist ways?
Subordination in the Nicene Creed
You ask
What evidence is there that the original framers of the 325 Nicene Creed intended it to be read in subordinationist ways?
The short answer is that the ...
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Why was homoousios used in the Nicene Creed?
Why was homoousios used in the Nicene Creed?
The short answer is: The dogma of the Trinity was at stake!
Just because ὁμοούσιον does not appear in the Bible not in any other Creeds prior to Nicaea ...
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According to trinitarians (or binitarians): How can God the Son be “appointed heir of all things“ (Hebrews 1:2) if „all belongs to Him“ already?
If the eternal Son of God had remained in heaven (as the Word of God, who is God, and who made everything that was made John 1:1-3), the matter of inheritance would never have arisen. It only arose ...
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Why was homoousios not mentioned for 20 years after Nicaea?
Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence, but the OP does raise an interesting question. The answer, I suggest, lies in the realm of imperial politics. Constantine's motive in calling the ...
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Is consubstantiality and homoousis the same thing?
"Consubstantial" is an English translation of homoousios so yes they are meant to convey the same meaning, namely having the same substance. However, underlying this fact there is a problem: ...
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Should a Protestant accept the Nicene Creed?
It's a very interesting question and after reading Bishop Hansen (Bishop Jon Paul Christian Hansen?) I question why the Protestant church accepts the creeds so readily.
However, against the backdrop ...
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According to Trinitarianism, is God - strictly speaking - a person?
Boethius is cited by Aquinas defining person as "an individual substance of a rational nature." ST I Q29 Given this definition, since Trinitarians hold that all three persons are one Divine ...
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What evidence is there that the original framers of the 325 Nicene Creed intended it to be read in subordinationist ways?
In the Nicene Creed, is the Son equal to the Father?
This article first discusses what the delegates to Nicaea in 325 believed and then what the Creed says.
Authors Quoted
This article series is based ...
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Did the Cappadocians teach one or two substances?
Basil of Caesarea taught Three Substances.
Summary
Basil was elected bishop of Caesarea in 370. In some accounts, he was the architect of the pro-Nicene triumph.
In the traditional Trinity doctrine, ...
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Should homoousion in the Nicene Creed be translated as "same substance" or as “one substance?”
The authors of the creed definitely meant that God and Christ are one substance. Remember that the creed was formulated against Arius, who claimed that Christ was of a similar substance with the ...
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Where did substance language enter the Trinity debate?
The term ὁμοούσιον (homoousion) predates Dionysius Bishop of Alexandria (r. 247-265 A.D.), who wrote in response to a c. 262 A.D. letter to him by Pope St. Dionysius (259-268 A.D.):
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