Barton Stone's Unorthodox Christology

For Barton W. Stone, agreement with the Bible's statements about Christ was the most that one could require of a believer's Christology. Any teaching beyond these statements, such as the doctrine of the Trinity, was at best an opinion and at worst a threat to the unity of the church. Stone...

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Main Author: MacKinzie, Gregory E. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2010
In: Stone-Campbell journal
Year: 2010, Volume: 13, Issue: 1, Pages: 31-47
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:For Barton W. Stone, agreement with the Bible's statements about Christ was the most that one could require of a believer's Christology. Any teaching beyond these statements, such as the doctrine of the Trinity, was at best an opinion and at worst a threat to the unity of the church. Stone desired to demonstrate the viability of unity among "Bible only" Christians, yet his literal-logical hermeneutic was at odds with the need for Christianity's essential confessions to have meaning beyond recitation of Bible words.
ISSN:1097-6566
Contains:Enthalten in: Stone-Campbell journal