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Bart Ehrman has a very good series of posts titled “How Can Monotheists Think a Human Could Become God?” that cites cases where in the Hebrew Bible humans are exalted to divine status by YHWH. Below are links to the series of posts, with extracts from his introductions. The posts are extracts from his book How […]
Continue ReadingFrom Claude.ai as a follow-up to the post here on 5/31/2026. Yes — the history of Trinitarian theology is essentially a long series of attempts to resolve the tension between God’s unity and the distinction of the three persons, and each attempted resolution tended to err in one direction or another. Here is a comprehensive […]
Continue ReadingFrom Claude.ai Here is a thorough overview of how critical Bible scholars define these two major Trinitarian heresies, along with the key teaching analogies scholars use to illustrate them. Arianism Definition Arianism is a Christological doctrine that rejects the traditional notion of the Trinity, teaching that Jesus was created by God and is therefore distinct […]
Continue ReadingThis post contains scriptures cited by Ross in John where Jesus clearly distinguishes himself from God. Similar Posts: A standard position of the church is that Jesus said he was God seven times in the Gospel of John. Ross Nichols points out in the video, sayings attributed to Jesus in that book and others, where […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT Romans 1:3–4 is one of the central texts in debates over early “exaltation Christology” because its wording can be read as describing a transition in Jesus’ status at the resurrection. Critical scholars disagree on how far that transition goes. Core Debate: What about Jesus’ status changed at the resurrection as depicted by Paul […]
Continue ReadingFrom Claude.ai on 2/17/2026. Go to the post here for how the Apostles Creed relates to the Nicaea Creed. Summary – Those in bold are the primary Councils. Council of Nicaea (325 AD) Convened by Emperor Constantine, Nicaea was the first ecumenical (universal) council of the Christian church. Its primary purpose was to resolve the […]
Continue Reading12/15/2025 – This post contains multiple responses from ChatGPT regarding the usage and evolution of the Greek words for person, entity, mask, face, essence, and others as they were used in the development and expression of the Trinity. Phonetic Spelling: prah-suhpahnPhonetic Spelling: heye-p-oh-s-taysisPhonetic Spelling: ow-zhuhontology – The philosophical study of being. The subdiscipline of metaphysics focused on the most general features […]
Continue ReadingBelow are significant comments to a question posted at BSA in October 2025. The extracts pasted below are in the same order as the overall post at BSA. All emphasis is mine. Original Question summarized: Why the trinity at all? Why not a duality: The Father and Son? Why did Christians find it necessary to […]
Continue ReadingActs 10:36–38 (NRSV) “You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ—he is Lord of all. That message spread throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John announced: how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power; how he went about doing […]
Continue ReadingClick here for the text from William Ellery Channing‘s famous 1819 speech on Unitarian Christianity at the First Unitarian Church in Baltimore, MD. In a BSA comment, Charles Bledsoe offered the link saying: “Here’s a link to a literarily sophisticated and quite famous sermon in the history of American Christianity…” Scroll down the long page for text about why […]
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