TWO NATURES, ONE PERSON

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At 03:06 PM 12/8/95 -0600, you wrote:
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>>         However, Arian was also incorrect in his denial of the 
>> Deity of Christ.
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>Michael,
>
>Arius did *not* deny the Deity of Christ. He affirmed it, and like 
>Justin Martyr and others he taught Jesus was a "deutoro theos" without 
>realizing the "trinitarian problem" in this, ie: how many gods do we 
>have?
>
>The Arius/Athanasius debate was a quite interesting one, and *very* 
>unlike what people today think they debated. Both of them would be 
>deemed heretics by the church just a few centuries later.
>
>(Bwt, "Arian" is a word for a "follower" of Arius) 
>
>
>Cheers
>- Jan

Sorry Jan, you are correct. Arius is who I was referring to, but the context
is still incorrect.  I had some contextual history confused here.  Sorry.  I
meant to say that Michael Murphy is following the teachings of Dynamic
Monarchianism.

Michael
Michael Frazier, CNA
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