Foster's Theological Reflections

The following paragraphs will outline and distinguish five assorted levels of context. For the sake of discussion, one may think of context ...

Once Lactantius sets forth an explanation of the Son’s mission and nature, it becomes apparent that his use of the proper noun “God” as a ti...

Lactantius contends that before God produced the world and other angels, he “created a holy and incorruptible spirit whom he called his son,...

A cursory reading of Divinae institutiones may lead one to believe that Lactantius is a strict egalitarian. However, a deliberate perusal o...

Hannah Arendt insists that speculative thought only reveals itself by means of metaphoric implementation. [1] Metaphors bridge the gulf tha...

Life of Lactantius in Breve Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius [1] was born circa 250 CE in Proconsular Africa and likely died at Tri...

Lactantius points out that God will destroy the wicked during the day of anger, wherein “torrents of blood shall flow,” and “the prince also...

For Novatian, God the Father is the unbegotten, ingenerate, unlimited and atemporal deity. Therefore, he accordingly suggests that the ingen...

Greetings, Robert M. Bowman ( Why You Should Believe in the Trinity , page 30) once again criticizes the brochure Should You Believe in th...

Greetings, In _Why You Should Believe in the Trinity: An Answer to Jehovah's Witnesses_ (pp. 27-29), Robert Bowman makes some comments p...

Origen of Alexandria evidently believed: “God was however always Father; he could not change from one condition (not-Father) to another (Fat...

The Eleventh Council of Toledo (675 C.E.) states: “We must believe that the Son is begotten or born not from nothing or from any other subst...

The writings of Justin Martyr indicate that the pre-Nicenes almost universally thought the Son was subordinate to the Father in an immanent ...

Lactantius appears to be working with the metaphysical categories of Stoic philosophy (i.e. relative dispositions) when he attempts to expla...

Lactantius contends that before God produced the world and other angels, he “created a holy and incorruptible spirit whom he called his son,...

The modern-day logician Alvin Plantinga skillfully has demonstrated the logical possibility that demons (i.e. unclean spirits or impious ang...

Social Implications of Acknowledging God’s Paternity Lactantius believes that the acknowledgement of God’s paternity radically affects so...