God

The question of whether Scripture teaches any form of servitude of the Father to the Son must be handled with conceptual precision. The Bible does not portray the Father as ontologically subordinate to the Son, nor does it invert the classical taxis of Father–Son–Spirit within the immanent Trinity. What it does present, however, is a striking pattern of voluntary, functional self-limitation by the Father in the economy of salvation, whereby authority, judgment, kingship, and worship [...]

A recent debate hosted on Capturing Christianity featured a lively exchange between Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox thinkers on the controversial question: Do Christians and Muslims worship the same God? One of the most notable moments came when Dr. Trent Dougherty presented an analogy drawn from the Superman mythos to support the claim that they do. Dougherty’s argument hinged on the idea that just as Lois Lane can refer to Clark Kent and Superman, despite [...]