Christology

The heresy of Modalism is an ancient heresy originating in the early third century in the teachings of Noetus, Praxeas, Sabellius and their followers and associates. Modalism, also known as Sabellianism, Patripassianism, Monarchianism and in these times "Oneness Pentecostalism", teaches that there exists a unipersonal God who merely assumes 3, or more, different forms, chiefly Father, Son and the Holy Spirit. It teaches that there is no personal distinction between these 3, rather that the [...]

(15-minute read) It did not take long in the History of the Church to question the very central place of its founder, Jesus of Nazareth in the very community He started. We see Arius (256-336 A.D.), a Bishop in Alexandria questioning the nature of Jesus when ascribing a partial 'divinity' to Him or as RowanWilliams shows that: "Arius seems to havebelieved that if the Father and the Son wereco-eternal, that proposition in some way impliedthat [...]

(10-minute read). In my last two debates with respected Muslim Scholars Sheikh Molana Abu Bakr Akoo and Sheikh Musa Adam, both mentioned John 17:3 as a prime example of Jesus’ denial of His own Divinity. It reads as follow: “And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.” (John 17:3 E.S.V.). Both mentioned a similar point in that Jesus pointed up to heaven (something [...]