Re: [asa] Nakedness and the Fall of Man

However Sabellius was trying to represent the nature of the three fold
Father Son and Holy spirit in c250 in a way which was faithful to scripture.
As it turned out he got things wrong

Arius was also trying to grasp things but was sure that the bible did not
point to the full divinity of Christ. Arians were great evangelists

I could add that these two were far more orthodox than many evangelicals
today especially some of the odder groups.

Michael

Now wait for George....................
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From: "gordon brown" <Gordon.Brown@Colorado.EDU>
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Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 6:51 PM
Subject: RE: [asa] Nakedness and the Fall of Man

> On Fri, 27 Feb 2009, Dehler, Bernie wrote:
>
>> Why do we wear clothes, but not the animals? No one knows. Along comes
>> Moses and explains it is because our eyes were opened when Adam ate a
>> piece of forbidden fruit. Oh- I get it. I don't see an immediate need
>> to start asking more questions, like what kind of fruit it was, etc.
>> Even look at all the questions in typical modern Christianity that people
>> don't even think about. For example, the trinity... once hotly debated
>> in history (even rejected for a time by the church at large), but now
>> just assumed... believe it or you are a heretic.
>>
>> ...Bernie
>>
>
> What are you referring to when you say that the church at large rejected
> the doctrine of the trinity for a time? Of course the word trinity was not
> used until Tertullian coined it, but he was formulating something that was
> already Christian belief. Dissenting groups such as the Sabellians and
> Arians don't seem to constitute the church at large.
>
> Gordon Brown (ASA member)
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