1.5.2 Introducing destructive heresy to the Church (examples of the two most popular): 1.5.2.1. Modalism This heresy teaches that God is one person (the Father), who appears in different forms/modes (the Son and Holy Spirit). This heresy has existed since at least the third century when it was called Sabellianism after its teacher Sabellius. The […]
Systematic Theology Part 15: Theology Proper – The Trinity Part 2
1.4. The doctrine of the Trinity teaches: 1.4.1. Exclusivity: There is only one true God Who is the Eternal King, Creator and Sustainer of all things. All others are false gods. 1.4.2. Plurality: This one true God exists as three separate/distinct Persons – Father, Son and Holy Spirit. 1.4.3. Equality: Each person within the Godhead […]
Systematic Theology Part 14: Theology Proper – The Trinity
The importance of Theology Proper to the Christian faith and Church cannot be overstated since this is at the root of all sin: a failure to understand the person of God (1Co 15:34). The Trinity 1.1. Like the discipline under which it falls, the doctrine of the Trinity is also vitally important to the Christian […]
Santa Claus: Getting the Tradition Without Forgetting the Doctrine
Luke 2:8-11