Classical theism means the views of God held by most western Christians since the very earliest of times. While I do not hold that the argument "it is early, therefore true", holds much weight, yet this article will discuss if it is a biblical idea. classical theism in essence views God as much greater than any created thing, the doctrine...
Protestant Answers
The Biblical Trinity Explained
Every Christian is familiar with the trinity, it is generally summarized as this:
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Habakkuk 2:4 faith or faithfulness?
Some try to argue that Habakkuk should be translated ""but the righteous person will live by his faithfulness", however I will critique this view.
There are multiple views on how to explain the stylistic differences between the two letters, these are:
A defense of Divine Simplicity
The doctrine of Divine Simplicity means that God has no parts, and thus is identical to his existence, thus God is "love" or "truth". Divine Simplicity has been taught by the earliest Christians since Irenaeus, only being recently criticized by people such as James White and William Lane Craig.
Churches such as the Catholics, the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox, Methodist and Anglican churches use the episcopal polity, referring to the system which has three offices in the church: bishop, presbyter and deacon. Most Protestants however view the words "bishop" and "presbyter" as synonyms and referring to the same office, either teaching a...
Did anyone teach the 5 Solas before Luther?
There were multiple people called "proto-Protestants", referring to those who taught reformation ideas prior to Luther, the most famous of these are:
In the 5th and late 4th century Jovinian affirmed clerical marriage.
We have clear evidence that the earliest Christians did not support image veneration, this practice was only established as dogma in the council of 2 Nicaea, however even this council was widely opposed by multiple Christians as far as 800ad.
Vanhemmat kirjoitukset = older writings (Eng) = äldre skrifter (Swe) = старые тексты (Rus)
Uudemmat kirjoitukset = newer writings (Eng) = nyare skrifter (Swe) = новые тексты (Rus)