2019 TheoLogica An International Journal for Philosophy of Religion and Philosophical Theology S. I. THE SON OF GOD DOI: Is God the Son Begotten in His Divine Nature? WILLIAM LANE CRAIG Talbot School of Theology, Biola University Houston Baptist University william lane ig@biola.edu Abstract: The doctrine of the Father's begetting the Son in his divine nature, despite its credal affirmation, enjoys no clear scriptural support and threatens to introduce an objectionable ontological subordinationism into the doctrine of the Trinity. We should therefore think of Christ's sonship as a function of his incarnation, even if that role is assumed beginninglessly. Keywords: Christology, Eternal Generation, Subordinationism, Trinity, Incarnation Introduction On the Christian view God is not a single person, as traditionally conceived in Jewish monotheism, but is tri-personal. The New Testament church was sure that only one God existed, but it also affirmed that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, while personally distinct, all deserved to be called God. The challenge facing the post-apostolic church was how to make sense of these affirmations. How could the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit each be God without there being either three Gods or only one person?
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2019 TheoLogica An International Journal for Philosophy of Religion and Philosophical Theology S. I. THE SON OF GOD DOI: Is God the Son Begotten in His Divine Nature? WILLIAM LANE CRAIG Talbot School of Theology, Biola University Houston Baptist University william lane ig@biola.edu Abstract: The doctrine of the Father's begetting the Son in his divine nature, despite its credal affirmation, enjoys no clear scriptural support and threatens to introduce an objectionable ontological subordinationism into the doctrine of the Trinity. We should therefore think of Christ's sonship as a function of his incarnation, even if that role is assumed beginninglessly. Keywords: Christology, Eternal Generation, Subordinationism, Trinity, Incarnation Introduction On the Christian view God is not a single person, as traditionally conceived in Jewish monotheism, but is tri-personal. The New Testament church was sure that only one God existed, but it also affirmed that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, while personally distinct, all deserved to be called God. The challenge facing the post-apostolic church was how to make sense of these affirmations. How could the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit each be God without there being either three Gods or only one person?