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trinities.org/blog/podcast-314-10-fundamental-questions-about-the-trinity There are now a plethora would-be experts on “the doctrine of the Trinity” who offer to tell you the basics of what you need to know about the subject in a short paperback book, or in a lecture or three. Here are some questions which any actual expert should have ready and supportable answers for.
10 Basic or Fundamental Questions about “the Trinity”:
What is “the doctrine of the Trinity”?
Why is this doctrine not, as some allege, tritheism?
Why is this doctrine not, as some allege, incoherent?
Is this doctrine consistent with the common conception of God as a mighty, unique, and completely perfect self?
When, if ever, did God reveal this doctrine?
If this doctrine is “in” the Bible, how can one see this?
If this doctrine is not in the Bible, why should Bible-oriented Protestants accept it?
How does this doctrine relate to the so-called “ecumenical” councils?
Why have some Christians opposed any Trinity doctrine?
Is this doctrine, as the “Athanasian” creed asserts, something which one must believe in order to be saved?
I also suggest ten more advanced questions. If a source can give convincing answers to any of these harder questions, then it should get some bonus points, especially if it can also answer the ten more basic ones above.
10 Advanced Questions about “the Trinity”: bonus points for answering
Hypothetically, what would be required to show that the doctrine of the Trinity is false?
Does “the Trinity” either require or exclude a traditional doctrine of “divine processions”?
Is this doctrine “a mystery” and if so, what does that mean?
Is “the doctrine of the Trinity” consistent with divine simplicity?
What, if any, are the Jewish and/or Christian precursors to this doctrine of the Trinity? What are the stages by which this line of thinking about God developed?
What are the various competing ways of understanding the traditional Trinity-language, i.e. Trinity theories?
How can we rule out competing Trinity theories?
Why isn’t the prevalence of such disagreement among people who have a Trinity theory evidence that no such theory has been revealed by God?
If “the Trinity” is a salvation-required doctrine why is it not clearly spelled out in any biblical passage?
In what sense, if any, is “the Trinity” an essential doctrine? Essential to what exactly? In other words, we can’t truly have ____ until we have a doctrine of the Trinity.
At the end of this episode, I’ll very briefly tell you my answers; I’ve been researching and publishing on these things for more than two decades. But you can skip that ending part if you want, because my main point here is just to arm you with important questions as you start to find your way around this topic.
Links for this episode @ trinities.org/blog/podcast-314-10-fundamental-questions-about-the-trinity
podcast 302 – The Stages of Trinitarian Commitment
2 Timothy 2:24-25
podcast 190 – What is the Trinity? A triad of book reviews
What is the Trinity?
The Standard Opening Move [of trinitarian apologists]
SEP: Trinity as incoherent
podcast 102 – Dr. Brian Leftow on perfect being theology
podcast 164 – On Counting Gods
podcast 260 – How to Argue that the Bible is Trinitarian
Westminster Confession of Faith
podcast 31 – Dr. William Hasker on the “Arian” Controversypodcast
podcast 30 – The Council of Nicea
podcast 29 – Arius
10 steps towards getting less confused about the Trinity – #6 get a date – part 2
podcast 248 – How Trinity theories conflict with the Bible
How Trinity theories conflict with the New Testament
podcast 2 – the “Athanasian Creed”
podcast 286 – Is the Trinity Essential? – Three Views
“Trinity,” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Evolution of the Trinity – with Bill Schlegel on The One God Report
“When and How in the History of Theology Did the Triune God Replace the Father as the Only True God?”
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 "The Dweller on Coyote Hill" by Little Glass Men. freemusicarchive.org/music/Little_Glass_Men/Simplify/The_Dweller_on_Coyote_Hill
trinities.org/blog/podcast-314-10-fundamental-questions-about-the-trinity There are now a plethora would-be experts on “the doctrine of the Trinity” who offer to tell you the basics of what you need to know about the subject in a short paperback book, or in a lecture or three. Here are some questions which any actual expert should have ready and supportable answers for.
10 Basic or Fundamental Questions about “the Trinity”:
What is “the doctrine of the Trinity”?
Why is this doctrine not, as some allege, tritheism?
Why is this doctrine not, as some allege, incoherent?
Is this doctrine consistent with the common conception of God as a mighty, unique, and completely perfect self?
When, if ever, did God reveal this doctrine?
If this doctrine is “in” the Bible, how can one see this?
If this doctrine is not in the Bible, why should Bible-oriented Protestants accept it?
How does this doctrine relate to the so-called “ecumenical” councils?
Why have some Christians opposed any Trinity doctrine?
Is this doctrine, as the “Athanasian” creed asserts, something which one must believe in order to be saved?
I also suggest ten more advanced questions. If a source can give convincing answers to any of these harder questions, then it should get some bonus points, especially if it can also answer the ten more basic ones above.
10 Advanced Questions about “the Trinity”: bonus points for answering
Hypothetically, what would be required to show that the doctrine of the Trinity is false?
Does “the Trinity” either require or exclude a traditional doctrine of “divine processions”?
Is this doctrine “a mystery” and if so, what does that mean?
Is “the doctrine of the Trinity” consistent with divine simplicity?
What, if any, are the Jewish and/or Christian precursors to this doctrine of the Trinity? What are the stages by which this line of thinking about God developed?
What are the various competing ways of understanding the traditional Trinity-language, i.e. Trinity theories?
How can we rule out competing Trinity theories?
Why isn’t the prevalence of such disagreement among people who have a Trinity theory evidence that no such theory has been revealed by God?
If “the Trinity” is a salvation-required doctrine why is it not clearly spelled out in any biblical passage?
In what sense, if any, is “the Trinity” an essential doctrine? Essential to what exactly? In other words, we can’t truly have ____ until we have a doctrine of the Trinity.
At the end of this episode, I’ll very briefly tell you my answers; I’ve been researching and publishing on these things for more than two decades. But you can skip that ending part if you want, because my main point here is just to arm you with important questions as you start to find your way around this topic.
Links for this episode @ trinities.org/blog/podcast-314-10-fundamental-questions-about-the-trinity
podcast 302 – The Stages of Trinitarian Commitment
2 Timothy 2:24-25
podcast 190 – What is the Trinity? A triad of book reviews
What is the Trinity?
The Standard Opening Move [of trinitarian apologists]
SEP: Trinity as incoherent
podcast 102 – Dr. Brian Leftow on perfect being theology
podcast 164 – On Counting Gods
podcast 260 – How to Argue that the Bible is Trinitarian
Westminster Confession of Faith
podcast 31 – Dr. William Hasker on the “Arian” Controversypodcast
podcast 30 – The Council of Nicea
podcast 29 – Arius
10 steps towards getting less confused about the Trinity – #6 get a date – part 2
podcast 248 – How Trinity theories conflict with the Bible
How Trinity theories conflict with the New Testament
podcast 2 – the “Athanasian Creed”
podcast 286 – Is the Trinity Essential? – Three Views
“Trinity,” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Evolution of the Trinity – with Bill Schlegel on The One God Report
“When and How in the History of Theology Did the Triune God Replace the Father as the Only True God?”
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 "The Dweller on Coyote Hill" by Little Glass Men. freemusicarchive.org/music/Little_Glass_Men/Simplify/The_Dweller_on_Coyote_Hill
