Tag Archives: Trinity

Platonism and the Trinity

Posted on 29 March 2020 by Fr Aidan Kimel

By Alexander Earl That it is especially with the Platonists that we must carry on our disputations on matters of theology, their opinions being preferable to those of all other philosophers. —Augustine of Hippo1 Whether in education or previous adherence, … Continue reading →

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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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Trinity, Logic, and the Transcendence of Transcendence

Posted on 24 August 2017 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Philosopher Dale Tuggy believes he has a decisive proof against the coherency of the catholic doctrine of the Trinity. It goes like this: God is a personal being, i.e., a self. By “self” is understood a being who is conscious, … Continue reading →

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Nicene Metaphysics: Apprehending the Transcendence

Posted on 14 August 2017 by Fr Aidan Kimel

It’s not clear in my own mind precisely when I began to make the connection between creatio ex nihilo and the metaphysical revolution initiated by the first two ecumenical councils and the theologians we now identify as the Pro-Nicene Fathers (St … Continue reading →

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Uncreated and Created: How Flexible is Your Monotheism?

Posted on 10 August 2017 by Fr Aidan Kimel

And then there was Arius … The Arian crisis of the fourth century dramatically changed the theological landscape of catholic Christianity. Historians of the past few decades have published important works on the crisis, shedding new light on the important … Continue reading →

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Trinity, Creation, and the Christian Distinction

Posted on 8 August 2017 by Fr Aidan Kimel

“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all” (2 Cor 13:14). The triadic benediction does not surprise us. We have heard it countless times from … Continue reading →

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Ante-Nicene Subordinationism and the Unitarian Narrative

Posted on 6 August 2017 by Fr Aidan Kimel

So how did we get from trinity to Trinity, from the one God with his Son and Holy Spirit to the tri-personal God in which each person is ontologically distinct and yet equally divine? As we saw in “Once Upon … Continue reading →

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Once upon a time … there was a unitarian God

Posted on 2 August 2017 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Once upon a time, there was one God, a unitarian, solitary Deity who lived in his eternity all by himself. And then one day, before there were days, the one God decided to create a universe and people it with … Continue reading →

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