Tag Archives: arianism

Is the Holy Spirit a product?

Posted on February 9, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

I don’t want to get into Filioquist metaphysics.  Confessionally, I am a Protestant and that means I am in the Filioque tradition.  So let’s get this out of the way up front:  do I hold to the Filioque?  I think … Continue reading →

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Review: Arius: Heresy and Tradition

Posted on February 3, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

by Rowan Williams Date: January 2014 Being faithful to church teachings does not mean merely chanting former slogans, but critically receiving the church’s witness and faithfully putting it into a new context in response to a new crisis.  Rowan Williams … Continue reading →

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Athanasius, Orations Against the Arians

Posted on February 3, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

This work is a step up from Athanasius’s smaller treaty on the Incarnation.  Here we begin to see a fully worked-out theological ontology.  This review, however, will not deal with the controversies concerning Proverbs 8 in the Nicene world.  That … Continue reading →

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Getting caught with their pants down

Posted on June 24, 2016 by J. B. Aitken

Seven years ago when i was exploring other Christian traditions and reading heavily in the early fathers (and all the leading monographs), I came to the conclusion that if you don’t make Triadology (or its correlate Christology) central, you risk … Continue reading →

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