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Unique for its breadth in studying theologians not only from Europe and North America but also from Latin America, Asia, and Africa, this landmark volume introduces the doctrine of the Trinity, examining the work and thought of contemporary theologians throughout the world. Veli-Matti Karkkainen provides an overview of the biblical roots of the doctrine, discussing both the idea of plurality in...
A death blow to the views of Arius was offered by the First Council of Nicaea (AD 325)80 by its insistence on the consubstantiality of the Son with the Father.81 The key term here is homoousios, a debated term. Against Arians it affirms the unity of the Son with the Father. Its danger of course lies in its modalistic tones.82 Therefore, many preferred the slightly different form homoiousios, “of similar substance,” which, while it avoids the danger of modalism, also opens to an Arian type of lack
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