From: Howard J. Van Till (hvantill@chartermi.net)
Date: Thu May 22 2003 - 10:42:48 EDT
>From: George Murphy <gmurphy@raex.com>
> Without debating the theological merits of the views of Arius or Athanasius,
it
> should be noted that a preference for the former cannot be based on a choice
of
> naturalism rather than supernaturalism. The views of Arius were at least as
> "supernatural" as those endorsed at I Nicea. It could be argued that they
> are even more
> "supernatural" because one of the basic Arian presuppositions is that God
can't
> communicate directly with creation but can do so only via created
> intermediaries, of
> which the Logos is the first. OTOH the Logos is not simply "natural", as
> in modern
> unitarianism &c - he is "a creature but not as one of the creatures."
Thannks, George, I should have checked into these issues more carefully.
Howard
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