Early High Christology and Contemporary Pro-Nicene Theology
Proponents of "early high Christology" maintain that the New Testament teaches that God created the world through Jesus (John 1:3; 1 Cor. 8:6; Col. 1:16-17; Heb. 1:2, 10). Contemporary philosophical theologians sympathetic to Nicene orthodoxy appeal to this trend in order to justify their...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Evangelical Philosophical Society
2024
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Philosophia Christi
Year: 2024, Volume: 26, Issue: 1, Pages: 7-24 |
| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament NBC Doctrine of God NBF Christology |
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| Summary: | Proponents of "early high Christology" maintain that the New Testament teaches that God created the world through Jesus (John 1:3; 1 Cor. 8:6; Col. 1:16-17; Heb. 1:2, 10). Contemporary philosophical theologians sympathetic to Nicene orthodoxy appeal to this trend in order to justify their understanding of the person and nature of Jesus as divine. This article argues from the logic of the word "through" that the belief that God created the world through Jesus is incompatible with the Nicene doctrine of the consubstantiality of Father and Son, and considers what options remain for pro-Nicene theologians. |
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| ISSN: | 2640-2580 |
| Reference: | Kritik von "Where Literalistic Reading Fears to Tread - Logical Consistency between Some Prepositions in the New Testament and the Divine Persons' Being Consubstantial: Response to Steven Nemes (2024)"
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Philosophia Christi
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5840/pc20242612 |