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Evangelos Nikitopoulos and Craig Truglia expose that the Old Testament, New Testament, and earliest Christian writers had a fully developed Christology and Triadology and that these theological doctrines were not later developments owed to the fourth and fifth centuries.
0:00 Introduction
4:36 Old Testament Trinitarianism
10:38 1st Century Jewish Trinitarianism
15:06 Apostolic Trinitarianism
18:20 Composite Hypostasis Doctrine in the Scriptures
19:50 Apostolic Fathers' Trinitarianism
25:47 Composite Hypostasic Doctrine in the Apostolic Fathers
28:37 Trinitarianism Among the 2nd Century Apologists
46:59 Dionysius Preserves Advanced 1st Century Triadology (Disproves Filioque)
1:07:19 Dionysius' Dyophysite Christology
1:11:59 Dionysius Explicitly Invokes Composite Hypostasis
1:16:15 Dyoenergism in Dionysius
1:23:17 More on Dionysius' Christology
1:33:06 Audience Questions
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Evangelos Nikitopoulos and Craig Truglia expose that the Old Testament, New Testament, and earliest Christian writers had a fully developed Christology and Triadology and that these theological doctrines were not later developments owed to the fourth and fifth centuries.
0:00 Introduction
4:36 Old Testament Trinitarianism
10:38 1st Century Jewish Trinitarianism
15:06 Apostolic Trinitarianism
18:20 Composite Hypostasis Doctrine in the Scriptures
19:50 Apostolic Fathers' Trinitarianism
25:47 Composite Hypostasic Doctrine in the Apostolic Fathers
28:37 Trinitarianism Among the 2nd Century Apologists
46:59 Dionysius Preserves Advanced 1st Century Triadology (Disproves Filioque)
1:07:19 Dionysius' Dyophysite Christology
1:11:59 Dionysius Explicitly Invokes Composite Hypostasis
1:16:15 Dyoenergism in Dionysius
1:23:17 More on Dionysius' Christology
1:33:06 Audience Questions
To purchase the Life of Saint Dionysius from Scriptorium Press: amazon.com/Life-Saint-Dionysius-Areopagite/dp/B0CTG6KLJP/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3TDSNRV08YVTT&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.heLmDiQl2ejNbRChCNFO98Zx22yh_R5IlSlz8zmjVoEaNxDmWqAxHE6fxcmA9qmyMHvZV47KH-lafz_eTZXM6Dgz4sUM1UJ_iPJi9nYoGcoqe7vvZyZu6QdasG8x5q45NrmvNVqONjaOD4SUMP09-Q.g-WJGYxlElKD6jKqNhPxc81XGI-wSV4nsoJL41-BQnE&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+life+of+saint+dionysius&qid=1765455454&sprefix=life+of+dionysi%2Caps%2C172&sr=8-1
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To purchase Patrick Craig Truglia's Books--
The Rise and Fall of the Papacy and Fellowship With Christ's Suffering: amazon.com/stores/Patrick-Craig-Truglia/author/B0DCYS19WJ?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true&ccs_id=2ef72cee-8307-46ab-a8a0-6ac17c67b700
