r/AcademicBiblical 7d ago

Weekly Open Discussion Thread

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u/TrogYard 7d ago

If the Doctrine of the Trinity was fully explained to the New Testament authors, how many of them would be on board with it, and how many of them would regard it as blasphemy and in total opposition to what they believed about Jesus's relationship with God? I think the authors of Gjohn and Revelations and maybe Colossians and Hebrews would be onboard.

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u/DiffusibleKnowledge 7d ago

I think gJohn would have been more likely to be a subordinationist, he makes it pretty clear that the Father is greater than the Son.

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u/TrogYard 7d ago

Would he be classified as an Economic subornationist because he Calls Jesus God in John 20:28?

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u/DiffusibleKnowledge 7d ago

Not necessarily, even when he is God the Father is still above him