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According to Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, Subordinationism "regards either the Son as subordinate to the Father or the Holy Spirit as subordinate to both. It is a characteristic tendency in much Christian teaching of the first three centuries, and is a marked feature of such otherwise orthodox Fathers as" Justin Martyr and Irenaeus .
The Koine Greek term logos is translated in the Vulgate with the Latin verbum. Both logos and verbum are used to translate דבר in the Hebrew Bible. The translation of the last four words of John 1:1 (θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος) has been a particular topic of debate in Western Christianity in the modern period.
Eusebius also records 22 canonical books of the Hebrews given by Origen of Alexandria: The twenty-two books of the Hebrews are the following: That which is called by us Genesis; Exodus; Leviticus; Numbers; Jesus, the son of Nave (Joshua book); Judges and Ruth in one book; the First and Second of Kings (1 Samuel and 2 Samuel) in one; the Third and Fourth of Kings (1 Kings and 2 Kings) in one ...
Creation came into existence only through the Logos, and God's nearest approach to the world is the command to create. While the Logos is substantially a unity, he comprehends a multiplicity of concepts, so that Origen terms him, in Platonic fashion, "essence of essences" and "idea of ideas".
During the patristic period, Christian theologians attempted to clarify the relationship between the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. [5] Monarchianism developed in the 2nd century and persisted further into the 3rd century.
Eternal functional subordination (EFS) or Eternal subordination of the Son (ESS) is a Trinitarian doctrine which proposes a hierarchy within the trinity, where though the Son is ontologically equal to the Father, he is subordinate in role, obeying the Father in eternity.
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In 4th-century Christianity, the Anomoeans [1] / ˌ æ n ə ˈ m iː ə n z /, also known as Heterousians / ˌ h ɛ t ə r ə ˈ j uː ʒ ə n z /, Aetians / eɪ ˈ iː ʃ ə n z /, or Eunomians / j uː ˈ n oʊ m i ə n z /, were a sect that held to a form of Arianism: that Jesus was neither of the same nature as God the Father nor a similar nature to God the Father (homoiousian)—the latter ...