د ال 7:28 = Entry Navigation UlVillity OL We 1: 1111. LHUS (Cd, The God and Father, holding all things together, is superior to every being, giving to each, from his own, to be whatever it is; the Son, being less than the Father, is superior to rational creatures alone, for he is second to the Father; and the Holy Spirit is still less, dwelling with the holy ones alone. So that in this way the power of the Father is greater than the Son and the Holy Spirit, and that of the Son is greater than the Holy Spirit, and again the power of the Holy Spirit differs greatly from other holy beings. (Origen, quoted in Justinian’s Letter to Menas, 598—a passage censored out of Origen’s On First Principles 1.3) Many scholars call this strain of Christian theology “subordinationist”, as the Son and Spirit are always in some sense derivative of, less than, and subordinate to their source, the one God, that is, the Father. One may also call this theology “unitarian’”, in the sense that the one God just is the Father, and not equally the Son and Spirit, so that the one God is “unipersonal”. As this sort of theology features no tripersonal God, it is misleading to call it (See also Origen, John, 98-103 [2.2.12—33]. For s®hilar contemporary views, see Lloyd 2020; Novatian, Trinity; Refutation of All Heresies, [10.32-34].) While views about the Spirit remained comparatively undeveloped, and as in the New Testament the Spirit 5 More actions Q Search Translate
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د ال 7:28 = Entry Navigation UlVillity OL We 1: 1111. LHUS (Cd, The God and Father, holding all things together, is superior to every being, giving to each, from his own, to be whatever it is; the Son, being less than the Father, is superior to rational creatures alone, for he is second to the Father; and the Holy Spirit is still less, dwelling with the holy ones alone. So that in this way the power of the Father is greater than the Son and the Holy Spirit, and that of the Son is greater than the Holy Spirit, and again the power of the Holy Spirit differs greatly from other holy beings. (Origen, quoted in Justinian’s Letter to Menas, 598—a passage censored out of Origen’s On First Principles 1.3) Many scholars call this strain of Christian theology “subordinationist”, as the Son and Spirit are always in some sense derivative of, less than, and subordinate to their source, the one God, that is, the Father. One may also call this theology “unitarian’”, in the sense that the one God just is the Father, and not equally the Son and Spirit, so that the one God is “unipersonal”. As this sort of theology features no tripersonal God, it is misleading to call it (See also Origen, John, 98-103 [2.2.12—33]. For s®hilar contemporary views, see Lloyd 2020; Novatian, Trinity; Refutation of All Heresies, [10.32-34].) While views about the Spirit remained comparatively undeveloped, and as in the New Testament the Spirit 5 More actions Q Search Translate