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Start “from above”

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Starting w Deity of Christ

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Value if studying Christology?

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Captivating
Polemical
Needed
Central
Awakening
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Start “from below”?

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Starting with Christ’s humanity

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What is the pattern of the NT?

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Unanimously from above

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German pastor who refused to use Apostles Creed?

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1892 Schrempf

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Lines of argument for “from below”?

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  1. Object to the Narratives
  2. Outside Gospels NT is silent
  3. Theologically motivated
  4. Theologically untenable
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How is it theologically Untenable?

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  1. Inconsistent w pre-existence of Christ

2. Inconsistent w the genuine humanity of Christ

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Why is NT silence not damning?

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  1. Does not deny or contradict it
  2. Receives 100% attestation from accounts
  3. John’s silent in many thing already duplicated
  4. If it was a legend John would have corrected it 40 years after
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Theological significance of Virgin Birth?

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  1. It’s a sign
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How is it a sign?

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  1. Highlights supernatural character of Jesus & Gospel

2. Sign of gods judgement on human nature.

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What are the 2 parts of the Internal Logic of the doctrines?

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  1. Divine so ship of Christ
  2. Aimlessness of Christ

Pg 37 POC

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How does the Virgin Birth shed light on the sinlessness of Christ?

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  1. By emphasizing the role of the HS

2. Helps us understand how Christ can stand outside the guilt of Adam

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What are the positive

Roles of the HS & Mary?

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HS: overshadowed

Mary: contributed what ever mother would physically, home environment, raising of

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Pre-existence of Christ verses?

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John 1:1-3,14; 8:57-58; 17;
Heb 1:1-2; 7:3; 10:5; 2:9
Gal 4:4; Rom 8:3,32; 2 Cor 8:9; Col 1:15;

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4-Fold Evidence for Christ’s pre-ex?

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  1. Title: Lord
  2. Title: Son of Man
  3. Implication of: “the time has come”
  4. Assumptions of the parable of the Tenants

P. 59-60 POC

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John A.T. Robertson’s 3 Re- Interpretations?

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  1. Upgrades Foreordination (ministry of Christ was foreordained)
  2. Biological Definition (tissue link to start dust)
  3. Hopeless tension between Humanity / Pre-existence
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A.T. Hanson’s Reductionist take?

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Demythologize a it top represent the prior existence of the self-giving love of God.

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Rejections of Pre-ex on Theological grounds?

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Knox: rejected based on humanity not being able to pre-exist.

GWH Lampe:

P. 64-70 POC

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Monogenes?

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Lit. Only one of its kind

  1. Says nothing of origin
  2. Emphasizes uniqueness of J’s so ship
  3. Unique in 4 ways:
  4. Object of special love
  5. Equal w Father
  6. Eternal
  7. Not adopted
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Monogenes from eternity? Or, since the incarnation?

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Eternity.
Jn. 1:18 Monogenes theos
Jn. 17:1,5 pre-existent glory was eternal

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When was the Council of Nicea?

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325

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Council of Nicea: most important statement?

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Homoousios (co substantial)

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Council of Nicea: response to?

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Arian Heresy

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Arius denied? (2)

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  1. The self-existence & externality of the Son

2. That the son is equal w Father

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Homoousios: safeguarded?

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Dogma & the core of piety & worship of the church

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Praxeas’ view of the trinity?

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F/S/HS are the self-same Person

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Monarchianism?

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God is one in essence & person.

Developed in 2-3rd century

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What errors flowed out of Monarchianism?

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Patrapassianism
Sabellianism
Socinianism

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Patripassianism?

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Father born of a virgin & suffered on cross (because they’re all the same
Essence).

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Sabellius (Trinity/Sonship)?

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F/S/HS are only different modes of the same God.

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Socinianism?

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Only one divine person exists
Jesus was only a good man
Spirit is an ‘influence’ of God / manifestation of his power

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Who was Arius?

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Lived 260-336 AD

Popular teacher of his day

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Arianism?

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Jesus was only a creature - not eternal
Like god but not God
* Athenasius battled Arius for 20 years

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Tritheism?

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3 separate gods

Mormons believe this

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Subordination?

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Higharchy of order within the trinity.
Beginning w F,S, HS

*. The error is that christ does not derive his deity from the father.

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Evidence for Christ’s deity?

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Divine names & works, attributes

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Divine titles?

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Son of God
God / YHWH
Lord

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Divine claims?

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Forgiveness of sins
Receiving worship
Answering prayer
Claiming equality

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Divine attributes?

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Eternality
Sovereignty
Omnipresence

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Divine tasks?

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Creation
Providence
Redemption
Preservation
Resurrection
Judgment
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Filioque?

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Lat. ‘and from the Son’

Is the addition of “and the Son” to the N. Creed.

In support of the ‘double procession of the Son’

Ambrose began but Augustine held to it.

Became the belief of the Western church.

Reformed orthodox position

A point of schism between W. & E. Church

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Autotheos?

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Doctrine that Christ is: God of God

Answers the question: Was the son given the divine Essence by the Father?

No. Christ has always been God

Calvin: ‘generation of the Son has reference to His Sonship and not His deity’

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Kenotic Theory?

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The belief that when Christ took upon humanity He emptied himself of his deity either in part or in whole.

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Vs’ christ called God?

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Jn 1:1
Titus 2:13
Tom 9:5

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Nestorianism?

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5th century heresy taught 2 separate persons of Christ (human / divine)

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Eutychianism?

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Term for Monophysitism (Christ had one mixed nature - divine&human).

Named after 5th century monk Eutyches

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Hypostatic Union?

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Union of Christ human and divine natures in one person.

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Communicatio idiomatium?

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= communion in natures in christ

Fathers held to ‘perichoresis’ 2 natures interact, flow into one another

Reformed held to a communion of attributes

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