By David Montoya on Sep 29, 2020 09:00 am KENOTICISM, from the Gk. kenōsis, meaning (self-) ’emptying’ (used in Phil. 2:6–7), refers to a number of related Christological theories concerning the status of the divine in the incarnate Christ. While the term is found in a number of patristic writers and formed a key point of controversy between the Lutheran theological faculties of Tübingen and Giessen in the 17th century, kenoticism is usually associated with a group of German theologians in the mid-19th century: G. Thomassius (1802–75), F. H. R. von Frank (1827–94) and W. F. Gess (1819–91) and a group of British theologians in the late 19th and early 20th centuries: Charles Gore, H. R. Mackintosh, Frank Weston (1871–1924), P. T. Forsyth and O. C. Quick (1885–1944).The German kenoticists took the idea of self-emptying beyond its usual bounds of voluntary self-restraint of the divine nature by the God-man (the position of the Giessen faculty). Instead they believed that... Read on » By Mark Lester on Sep 28, 2020 10:04 am Risen Jesus Who wrote the Gospel of Mark? Technically speaking, Mark’s Gospel in anonymous, since the titles attached to them did not appear until probably the second century. So, who wrote Mark? What do the data suggest? What are the pro and con arguments? And what do the majority of critical scholars think? Josh Pelletier has done the research and answers these questions. The One Minute Apologist Bobby and Monique discuss Black Lives Matter. Reasons to Believe RTB 101: Can Artificial Intelligence Think Like a Human? With astrophysicist Jeff Zweerink Read on » | |
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