ERS: Is there order in the Trinity?
Posted on June 9, 2016
Filed under Theology
“This is the first in a two part series responding to recent theological challenges to the doctrine of eternal functional (or relational) subordination (EFS or ERS).
This doctrine has been under sustained attack, especially in the light of its use to support the argument for an appropriate order of equals that might apply in relations between men and women in the home and in the church. It has also been under attack, it must be admitted, because of overstatement and a lack of precision in some of its advocates.
In this post I want to explore the strictly theological question of whether this doctrine inevitably involves a drift into the subordinationist heresy associated with Arius. This is the most common theological objection to the doctrine…”
– Here’s an important post on a vital doctrine – that of the holy Trinity – by Dr Mark Thompson at Theological Theology. Take the time to read it.
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