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TRINITY<br />
&<br />
OTHER DOCTRINES OF GOD<br />
Prof. M.M.Ninan<br />
Contents<br />
PREFACE<br />
I INTRODUCTION 1<br />
II MONARCHIANISM 25<br />
A: DYNAMIC MONARCHIANISM: ADOPTIONISM<br />
ARTERNON<br />
SHEPHERD OF HERMAS<br />
PAUL OF SAMOSATA<br />
SPANISH ADOPTIONISM 8TH -9TH C<br />
12TH CENTURY AND LATER: NEO-ADOPTIONISM<br />
B: MODALISTIC MONARCHIANISM = MODALISM.<br />
PATRIPASSIANISM<br />
SABELLIANISM<br />
III ARIANISM 46<br />
IV DOCETISM, EBIONISM & SUBORDINATIONISM 61<br />
A: DOCETISM<br />
B: EBIONISM<br />
C: SUBORDINATIONISM<br />
V COUNCIL OF NICEA 66<br />
VI PNEUMATOMACHIANISM OR 'COMBATORS AGAINST THE SPIRIT'. 74<br />
VII MONOPHYTISM 76<br />
A: APOLLINARIANISM<br />
B: EUTYCHIANISM<br />
VIII NESTORIANISM 79<br />
A: CYRIL AND HYPOSTATIC UNIION<br />
B: NESTORIUS<br />
IX COUNCIL OF CHALCEDONIA 100<br />
X SERVETUSISM 109<br />
XI SWEDENBORGISM 114<br />
XII MODERN MOVEMENTS ONENESS PENTECOSTALISM 120<br />
XIII SOCINIANISM 126<br />
XIV CHRISTIAN SCIENCE:THE CHURCH OF CHRIST, 128<br />
XV CHRISTADELPHIANS 131<br />
XVI JEHOVAH’S WITNESS 133<br />
XVIII THE CHURCH OF LATTER DAY SAINTS 137<br />
XVIII IGLESIA NI CRISTO 142<br />
XIX UNITARIAN AND UNIVERSALISTS 146<br />
APPENDIX I CLASSIFICATION BASED ON TRINITY RELATIONSHIP 149<br />
APPENDIX 2 THE TRIUNE BRAIN THEORY 152<br />
APPENDIX 3 MODERN CHRISTIAN GROUPINGS 159<br />
APPENDIX 4 SCRIPTURAL ARGUMENTS OF VARIOUS PROPONENTS 162<br />
APPENDIX 5<br />
SYNODAL CHRISTOLOGICAL CONFESSIONS<br />
OF THE NESTORIAN CHURCHES OF THE EAST 168<br />
APENDIX 6 CHRISTIAN GROUPS WITH NONTRINITARIAN POSITIONS 174<br />
APPENDIX 7 PROOF TEXTS SHOWING JESUS WAS NOT GOD 175<br />
AOOENDIX 8 CHRISTIAN HERESIES 176