Adoptionists, Docetists, & Gnostics, oh my! The early church began to dismiss proposed models of Christology, but not without good reason. Learn how and why the Trinity concept began to take hold as the best reflection of biblical teaching.

0:04:45 Intro Music

0:05:17 Welcome and Introduction

0:06:12 Announcements: The Defenders Conference

0:10:16 St. Patrick’s Bad Analogies Video by Lutheran Satire

0:15:22 Review of Chapter 8 Thus Far

0:16:28 Christian Gnosticism

0:17:12 Hetero-Orthodoxies

0:22:25 Modalist Christologies

0:25:41 An Innocent Mistake Regarding the Trinity

0:32:12 The Relationship Between Father, Son, and Spirit

0:37:39 Dead Ends and Broad Avenues of Early Christologies

0:40:20 It Took Time to Refine

0:43:04 Preview of Next Week’s Topic

0:44:38 Response to Audience Comment: Does 1 Corinthians 11 teach that the Father and the Son are not equal?

0:47:06 Announcement: The Defenders Conference: Preview of Speakers and Their Topics

0:48:03 Wrap Up

Mark Lester

Mark Lester is a Media Associate at Defenders Media, 501c3 and contributes to the work of Dr. J through Veracity Hill.

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