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Re: John 1:1



On Wed, 30 Nov 1994, Leroy Huizenga 1996 wrote:

> You do realize that you are quoting a historian with severe Arian tendencies.
> I'm curious what other early writers make this division, especially 
> in light of the early Christological councils and their judgements on the 
> Person of Christ.  
> 
I think calling Eusebius severe anything is unfair.  He had sympathies 
for the Arian side, and his subordinationism is everywhere apparent, but 
he was also friendly to the Athanasian side, and he approved of the 
Nicene formulation.  I would call him a true moderate who stood between 
extreme positions, and so a good example of what might have been the 
fourth century middle ground.

Greg Jordan
jordan@chuma.cas.usf.edu
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