trinities 371 - Dr. Steven Nemes on divine Christology in the New Testament

https://trinities.org/blog/podcast-37...
In this episode Dr. Nemes and I discuss chapter 6 of his new book Trinity and Incarnation: A Post-Catholic Theology.

Clearly the Jesus of the New Testament is supposed to be special, indeed, unique, and in some sense he must be “divine.” But in what sense, exactly? And what if anything does this have to do with God’s giving Jesus his spirit?

Topics include:

whether the full deity of Christ is an obvious New Testament teaching
Spirit Christology
what Dr. Nemes calls the basic argument for Christ having two natures and how this compares to analyses given in my debate book, pp. 17-24
traditional partitive exegesis and Dr. Neme’s objections to this
whether only God (or only a divine Person) can forgive sins
Jesus as a “deified” human being
the New Testament’s portrayals of Jesus as having various human limits
A trilemma based on the question: Exactly who did God the Father empower to forgive sins and to perform miracles?
Whether a non-divine Jesus should be called “a mere man” and how this tradition originated in the 2nd Christian century.
The ancient Dynamic Monarchians within the Christian mainstream.
“Kenosis” and the modern suggestion that the Incarnate Christ, even though divine, nonetheless had to do miracles though the power of God’s Spirit, rather than using his own divine powers.
Opera trinitatis ad extra indivisa sunt.
divine simplicity and immutability
Why John 3:13 doesn’t presuppose Jesus’ literal pre-human existence.
The significance of Jesus’ baptism by John.
How Philippians 2 and 2 Corinthians 8:9 are about the man Jesus
why Paul says in Galatians 1:1 that he’s not an apostle “through man”
Why John 17:5 doesn’t presuppose Jesus’ literal pre-human existence.

Links for this episode @ https://trinities.org/blog/podcast-37...

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Trinity and Incarnation: A Post-Catholic Theology

Dr. Nemes’s homepage

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podcast 338 – What John 1 Meant

podcast 291 – From one God to two gods to three “Gods” – John 1 and early Christian theologies

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podcast 188 – Dr. Paul W. Newman’s Spirit Christology – Part 2

podcast 187 – Dr. Paul W. Newman’s Spirit Christology – Part 1

Clarifying Catholic Christologies – by Dr. Dale Tuggy

podcast 235 – The Case Against Preexistence

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podcast 268 – Another look at Philippians 2 with Dr. Dustin Smith

podcast 145 – ‘Tis Mystery All: the Immortal dies!

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Weekly podcast exploring views about the Trinity, and more generally about God and Jesus in Christian theology and philosophy. Debates, interviews, and historical and contemporary perspectives. Hosted by philosopher of religion / analytic theologian Dr. Dale Tuggy.

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