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trinities.org/blog/podcast-266-andrew-davis-on-church-history-the-trinity-and-modalism-part-1 In this episode we meet Andrew Davis, a dedicated student of the “church fathers” (early writers on Christian theology). We hear about his interesting spiritual journey, from a brush with the faith movement, to atheism, to Buddhism, to Calvinism, to a flirtation with Eastern Orthodoxy. And since his high-school years he’s been diligently reading these early Christian authors and with their help rethinking his understanding of biblical theology and christology.
He observes,
I think that most modern trinitarianism is fundamentally modalistic… the conception of the Trinity for most people, I think, is that God is one person who somehow is Father, Son, and Spirit, whether that’s manifesting himself as Father, Son, and Spirit, whether it’s eternally existing as those three, or they’re three names for the one person…
Notice that his point is about how recent trinitarians think, not about what they say. In my view he’s right, and not only about ordinary Christians. He’s saying that most are what I call “one-self” trinitarians, thought not necessarily of the high-falutin’ philosophical sort.
He talks about “blasphemy against the Holy Spirit,” his experience as a theology-exploring student at The Master’s University, how his reading of patristic literature affected how he thinks about “modalism,” his acceptance of the Nicene creed as a subordinationist, and his views on sola scriptura.
Links for this episode @ trinities.org/blog/podcast-266-andrew-davis-on-church-history-the-trinity-and-modalism-part-1
Andrew Davis’s blog Contra Modalism
Converge
Mark 3:28-30
podcast 248 – How Trinity theories conflict with the Bible
podcast 216 – Bignon’s Defense of Calvinism – Part 1
Islam-Inspired Modalism
If Modalism about the Son were true, then…
podcast 74 – Justin Martyr’s Dialogue with Trypho – Part 1
podcast 30 – The Council of Nicea
Thoughts and Questions on the Councils of Arminium and Seleucia
Weekly podcast exploring views about the Trinity, and more generally about God and Jesus in Christian theology and philosophy. Debates, interviews, and historical and contemporary perspectives. Hosted by philosopher of religion / analytic theologian Dr. Dale Tuggy.
This week's thinking music is "Bus Pour Riquewihr" by gurdonark. dig.ccmixter.org/files/gurdonark/59725
trinities.org/blog/podcast-266-andrew-davis-on-church-history-the-trinity-and-modalism-part-1 In this episode we meet Andrew Davis, a dedicated student of the “church fathers” (early writers on Christian theology). We hear about his interesting spiritual journey, from a brush with the faith movement, to atheism, to Buddhism, to Calvinism, to a flirtation with Eastern Orthodoxy. And since his high-school years he’s been diligently reading these early Christian authors and with their help rethinking his understanding of biblical theology and christology.
He observes,
I think that most modern trinitarianism is fundamentally modalistic… the conception of the Trinity for most people, I think, is that God is one person who somehow is Father, Son, and Spirit, whether that’s manifesting himself as Father, Son, and Spirit, whether it’s eternally existing as those three, or they’re three names for the one person…
Notice that his point is about how recent trinitarians think, not about what they say. In my view he’s right, and not only about ordinary Christians. He’s saying that most are what I call “one-self” trinitarians, thought not necessarily of the high-falutin’ philosophical sort.
He talks about “blasphemy against the Holy Spirit,” his experience as a theology-exploring student at The Master’s University, how his reading of patristic literature affected how he thinks about “modalism,” his acceptance of the Nicene creed as a subordinationist, and his views on sola scriptura.
Links for this episode @ trinities.org/blog/podcast-266-andrew-davis-on-church-history-the-trinity-and-modalism-part-1
Andrew Davis’s blog Contra Modalism
Converge
Mark 3:28-30
podcast 248 – How Trinity theories conflict with the Bible
podcast 216 – Bignon’s Defense of Calvinism – Part 1
Islam-Inspired Modalism
If Modalism about the Son were true, then…
podcast 74 – Justin Martyr’s Dialogue with Trypho – Part 1
podcast 30 – The Council of Nicea
Thoughts and Questions on the Councils of Arminium and Seleucia
Weekly podcast exploring views about the Trinity, and more generally about God and Jesus in Christian theology and philosophy. Debates, interviews, and historical and contemporary perspectives. Hosted by philosopher of religion / analytic theologian Dr. Dale Tuggy.
This week's thinking music is "Bus Pour Riquewihr" by gurdonark. dig.ccmixter.org/files/gurdonark/59725
