Stanley Chee of the Christian Disciples Church in Toronto, Canada shares a brief overview of how the doctrine of the trinity developed in the first four centuries. Pulling on the work of Eric Chang, Bentley Chan, Hans Kung, and Richard Rubenstein, Chee explains four major factors that played a role in this process:
- The church’s gradual separation from its Jewish roots
- The subtle exaltation of Jesus towards deity
- Worldly and political motivations
- The introduction non-biblical words and concepts
Chee delivered this message at LHIM‘s annual 2017 Kingdom Fest.
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- Information about Stan Chee and the college outreach he does at the University of Toronto available here
- Books referenced in this message:
- The Only True God by Eric Chang
- The Only Perfect Man by Eric Chang and Bentley Chan
- Christianity: Essence, History, and Future by Hans Kung
- When Jesus Became God by Richard Rubenstein
- More biblical unitarian podcasts
- Intro music: “District Four” by Kevin MacLeod. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License.