Tag Archives: evangelicalism

Reading our way out of the Trinity

Posted on 23 January 2019 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Over the past several years, I have watched on social media evangelicals and Protestants vigorously contest the doctrine of the Trinity. Is it supported by the plain reading of Holy Scripture? Is it truly biblical? Analytic philosopher Dale Tuggy has … Continue reading →

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After reading Scot McKnight’s recent blog on “The Theology of the Spiritual But Not Religious,” I was reminded of a book that I read many years ago but had almost completely forgotten: The American Religion by Harold Bloom. Bloom’s thesis … Continue reading →

Posted on 20 September 2014 by Fr Aidan Kimel | 11 Comments

Can we read our way into the Trinity?

Posted on 9 June 2014 by Fr Aidan Kimel

For the past six months or so I’ve been following with great interest Ben Nasmith’s ruminations on the Holy Trinity over at his blog “Cognitive Resonance.” Ben is trying to figure if the trinitarian doctrine is both biblical and philosophically … Continue reading →

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Trinity, Eucharist, Tradition and the Challenge of Sola Scriptura

Posted on 12 November 2013 by Fr Aidan Kimel

In his article “The Evolution of My Views on the Trinity,” philosopher Dale Tuggy briefly describes how the writings of the 18th century philosopher Samuel Clarke impelled him to re-read the New Testament with the aim of learning whether the … Continue reading →

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When Scripture Becomes Scripture

Posted on 7 November 2013 by Fr Aidan Kimel

The writings of the Bible exist as historical artifacts and may therefore be read as historical artifacts. We must seek to understand them within their historical context. We need to know all sorts of things: we need to know who … Continue reading →

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Unitarianism and the Bible of the Holy Trinity

Posted on 4 November 2013 by Fr Aidan Kimel

I do not know if it’s happening throughout worldwide evangelicalism or is restricted to the more intellectually inclined; but I have noticed a curious phenomenon on the internet—a movement amongst evangelicals from trinitarian to unitarian faith. This movement does not … Continue reading →

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