“My God, My God, Why hast though Forsaken Me?” .... and later “It is done, into thy hands I commit my spirit”.
Here’s a novel Idea .... maybe Constantine, Alexander, Athanasius and Hosea got it wrong back in 325 AD!
“Here’s a novel Idea .... maybe Constantine, Alexander, Athanasius and Hosea got it wrong back in 325 AD!”
I’m pretty sure you meant this as an oblique criticism, but I agree. People have debated the topic for centuries, most will pick some statement of faith as their favorite. However, no such statement is the last word and embodies the Truth fully.
In particular, Constantine made it a capital offense to teach anything that smacked of the teachings of Arius. There is scant little of Arius’ teachings to be found as a result. Most assume the Arian Heresy asserted a lesser divinity for Jesus that was similar to Jehovah Witness Doctrine. But in a scrap of Arius’ writing it does seem that he noticed the significance of time in addressing the Father/Son mystery. Arius also firmly asserted the true divinity of Jesus in that scrap. He was groping towards an answer but was shouted down by the clamor that gave us the Nicean Creed.
The various Creeds served the Church well through history but were also the imperfect creations of men’s minds. Unfortunately, many people revere their favorite creed to be almost on the level of scripture and will argue down any contradiction of the creed as heretical.
And yes, I do believe they all got it wrong. Maybe I need to be executed for heresy.