Trinity disruption

Verbum et Ecclesia

 
 
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Title Trinity disruption
 
Creator Oliver, Willem H. Oliver, Erna
 
Subject Theology; Philosophy; History Trinity; Ecumenical Creeds; Ecumenical Councils; Church Fathers; God’s omnipresence
Description This article does not have in mind to persuade its readers in a specific direction. What it has in mind is to make the reader think, and in this way, to rethink the ontology of the Trinity, as a Christian in a post-Christian, fourth revolution era. To significantly reason about the Trinity is a challenge, having the potential to easily be labelled as a heretic or part of a sect. However, to just accept all the ‘facts’ about the Trinity in the Bible, which are, in fact, interpretations by the Ecumenical Councils and Church Fathers of the early church era, is not in line with the 21st-century environment. In this article, we discuss the Trinity in light of the Bible, as well as the Councils and early Church Fathers, and (once again) conclude that the Trinity can best be explained in light of God’s omnipresence.Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: This article covers different disciplines like theology, philosophy and history, as well as different disciplines within theology, namely church history, systematic theology and practical theology. This is a follow-up of an article written in 2019 and focuses on the Trinity from another angle. We hope that this will be the beginning of a discussion group on the different ways in which the Trinity can be interpreted.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
Contributor Na.
Date 2021-11-22
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Historical Inquiry; Literary Analysis
Format text/html application/epub+zip text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/ve.v42i1.2337
 
Source Verbum et Ecclesia; Vol 42, No 1 (2021); 8 pages 2074-7705 1609-9982
 
Language eng
 
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https://verbumetecclesia.org.za/index.php/ve/article/view/2337/5304 https://verbumetecclesia.org.za/index.php/ve/article/view/2337/5305 https://verbumetecclesia.org.za/index.php/ve/article/view/2337/5306 https://verbumetecclesia.org.za/index.php/ve/article/view/2337/5307
 
Coverage Ancient Near East; International Historical; Current n/a
Rights Copyright (c) 2021 Willem H. Oliver, Erna Oliver https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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