TH361 Perspectives on the Trinity: Eternal Generation and Subordination in Tension
Overview
In Perspectives on the Trinity: Eternal Generation and Subordination in Tension (TH361), Drs. Wayne Grudem, Millard Erickson, Fred Sanders, Bruce Ware, and Kevin Giles explore a major question about the Trinity: Is God the Son subordinate to God the Father in eternity, or not? While Jesus certainly seemed to be subordinate to God during His earthly ministry, was this the case before His incarnation? Afterward? Each contributor lays out his perspective on the issue that affects our understanding of who God is, what the Bible teaches, and what the historic church has taught. The activities resource for this course includes additional videos by Drs. Michael Bird and Scott Harrower, helping to frame the background and significance of this topic.
Top Highlights
“So this means there cannot be three wills in God, the Father and the Son cannot be separated in what they do, and God cannot be divided into a Father who rules and a Son who obeys. The word homoousios allows for no dividing or separating of the divine persons. It excludes absolutely any possibility that the Son, because of His eternal generation, can be eternally subordinated to the Father and thus other than the Father in might, majesty, authority, and glory.” (source)
“God is one; that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are eternally equal in authority; but that for a period of time, the Son, when He came to earth to perform His ministry, became subject to the authority of the Father. The Spirit similarly, when He was sent, became subject to the authority of the Father and of the Son.” (source)
“And he rightly pointed out that monogenēs doesn’t mean ‘only begotten,’ it means ‘unique.’ And what it is saying is the Son is unique, He’s like no human son.” (source)
“ I think the core message of sonship, is ‘fromness.’ A son is from the father.’” (source)
“Not because one is greater and the other less, but because one is the Father, and the other is the Son.… For He was not sent’—that is, the Son—‘He was not sent in virtue of some disparity in power or substance or anything in Him that was not equal to the Father, but in virtue of the Son being from the Father, not the Father being from the Son.’” (source)
- Title: TH361 Perspectives on the Trinity: Eternal Generation and Subordination in Tension
- Authors: Millard J. Erickson, Kevin Giles, Wayne Grudem, Fred Sanders, Bruce Ware
- Series: Logos Mobile Education
- Publisher: Lexham Press
- Print Publication Date: 2017
- Logos Release Date: 2017
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Courseware
- Subjects: Education › Theology--Trinity; Education › Trinity; Education › Trinity--History of doctrines; Theology › Trinity; Trinity; Trinity › History of doctrines
- Resource ID: LLS:TH361VARIOUS
- Resource Type: Courseware Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2020-06-05T20:12:09Z