CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION: PRESENT DENIALS OF THE DEITY OF JESUS “What’s the problem?” The Christian church, it would seem, has always been embroiled in controversy, not always of its own making, true enough, but in controversy nonetheless. And it has often been the case that the controversy has been “within the family,” as views at variance with sound doctrine were developed and espoused. For example, in the Nicene and Post-Nicene Periods of the church, running roughly from A.D. 300–600, the Greek