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God Has Spoken: A History of Christian Theology is unavailable, but you can change that!

In this groundbreaking resource, professor Gerald Bray traces the history of Christian theology from the early church to the modern era. Structured to parallel the order in which orthodoxy gradually matured in response to challenges from both inside and outside the church, this volume outlines how Christians have struggled to understand, confess, and worship the triune God through the centuries.

to anyone else. Even if it seems obvious that the Father could not be called a Father without having a Son, the Son is revealed as one who depends on the Father in a way that is not true in reverse. To know the Father is to acknowledge his primacy and centrality within the Godhead. The primacy of the Father is one of order, not of being. He is greater than the Son (and the Holy Spirit) because he has the authority to send the other persons of the Trinity to accomplish his will. This is made clear
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