關於會長的《開放神論之爭》

[kcjeremy]

剛開始讀會長的大作，感謝會長為我們提供了如此詳細的介紹。:haha:

One minor question:
﹙四之一﹚的 note16 提到 Socinianism 和 Unitarians，兩者的差別其實是甚麼？:confused: 我只知兩個都是反三一教義的。

[Daniel_Cheung]

詳細的我也不太了解，可參這裡的介紹：
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14113a.htm

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They did not become Tritheists, as Gentilis himself was supposed by some to be. Nor did they become Unitarians, as might have been expected. Socinus had indeed many affinities with Paul of Samosata and Sabellius; with them he regarded the Holy Spirit as merely an operation of God (http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06608a.htm), a power for sanctification. But his teaching concerning the person of Christ differed in some respects from theirs. For Socinus, Christ was the Logos (http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09328a.htm), but he denied His pre-existence; He was the Word of God (http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09328a.htm) as being His interpreter (interpres divinae voluntatis). The passages from St. John which present the Word as the medium of creation were explained by Socinus of regeneration only. At the same time Christ was miraculously begotten (http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15448a.htm): He was a perfect man, He was the appointed mediator, but He was not God (http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06608a.htm), only deified man. In this sense He was to be adored; and it is here precisely that we have the dividing line between Socinianism and Unitarianism, for the latter system denied the miraculous birth of Christ (http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15448a.htm) and refused Him adoration. It must be confessed that, on their principles, the Unitarians were much more logical.
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[kcjeremy]

I think I get it. Thanks Daniel. :)

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15154b.htm
(http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15154b.htm)
"...The term (Unitarians) seems to have originated about 1570, was used in a decree of the Diet held in 1600 at Lecsfalva in Transylvania, and received official ecclesiastic sanction in 1638. It supplanted the various designations of anti-Trinitarians, Arians, Racovians, and Socinians..."

[Daniel_Cheung]

嗯，原來這裡沒有連結引往拙文。現在提供，希望不太遲：
http://occr.christiantimes.org.hk/art_0076.htm