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Does scripture say anything about the DNA code?

“… it is a fundamental human right, a privilege of nature, that every man should worship according to his convictions: one man’s religion neither harms nor helps another man. It is assuredly no part of religion to compel religion - - to which free-will and not force should lead us - - the...

What “other things” besides the writings of the Church Fathers have you considered?

God’s mere man (Gk. anthropos) is greater and more impressive than Origen’s God-man (Gk. theanthropos).

Satan’s comeuppance: defeated by the obedience of a man, a mere man.

Reliable witnesses, say some. Unreliable witnesses, say others. Reliable witnesses, say us Christians.

What are you trying to say with this statement? The New Testament is a collection of twenty-seven books. Books aren’t blood; blood is blood.

I have a similar story about my daughter. The public schools in Atlanta leave a great deal to be desired and when it came time for my daughter to enter the 8th Grade, and on the advice of several friends who were teachers in the Atlanta / Fulton County public school system, we decided that we...

That ship sailed, imo, when you posited in other threads that non-Catholics - even if they are trinitarians - aren’t Christians. The Roman Catholic Church recognizes 21 ecumenical councils. The first seven ecumenical councils are: (1) First Council of Nicaea, 325 A.D. (2) First Council of...

It’s unquestionably been a stumbling block but it’s not the stumbling block scripture is referring to. It’s sometimes difficult, but not impossible, to get trinitarians to acknowledge that. I’ve noted a definite movement on Internet forums over the last 25 years: away from insisting that...

Thanks. Wolfson is quoting Gregory of Nyssa from Oratio Catechetica 3 (PG 45, 17 D-20 A). Wolfson goes on to quote John of Damascus, “As restated by John of Damascus, this ideal combination in Christianity of what is best in Judaism and paganism reads as follows: ‘On the one hand, of the...

It sounds like the world. I’m not disagreeing with your conclusion, nor with your decision, but the thought occurs to me that the light needs to shine in the world / that place / CF. It shouldn’t be surprising that the world / that place / CF doesn’t welcome it, but doesn’t it need it...

“The Biblical witness to God, as we have seen, did not contain any formal or formulated doctrine of the Trinity, any explicit teaching that in one God there are three co-equal divine persons. Rather it contained data from which a doctrine of this kind could be formulated. And it would take three...

That’s what it boils down to, and that’s the main (not the only) reason you have my attention. You think they got it right and you’re trying to explain to your readers why you think they did. I appreciate that. I think they got it wrong; the Church gradually and inexorably jumped the rails.

I’m a modern, educated person who grasps reading comprehension. I formerly, and sincerely, embraced the doctrine. “This is my beloved son, my chosen one: listen to him.” (Luke 9:35, NTE) What follows is a reflection on my own personal experience. I speak here only for myself. Reading...

“… it’s own conception of the Trinity was looked upon by the Fathers themselves as a combination of Jewish monotheism and pagan polytheism, except that to them this combination was a good combination; in fact, it was to them an ideal combination of what is best in Jewish monotheism and of what...

There has never been a time - nor will there ever be a time - when the living God wasn’t.

The $64,000 question: Where would trinitarianism be without Greek philosophy?

Retreating from using “person” involves retreating from historical orthodox trinitarianism. I’m all for that. Are trinitarians? The trinitarian clergy? Not the hundreds whom I’ve spoken with. The trinitarian theologians? Some few are, but they are a distinct minority and face fierce...

There is no “multiple person bugaboo”. Jesus is only one person.