Christological Controversies: Christ Over Creeds

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Christological Controversies is an advanced course that aims to provide a detailed account of who Christ was said to be by the church fathers before and after Nicaea. We also examine the church councils that shaped “orthodoxy” and advance philosophical objections to what became known as orthodox Christology.

 

 

In this course, we will provide students with primary source material from well-known church fathers to establish the hidden heresies amongst the so-called orthodox. Secondary source material from Christian scholarship is utilised as supporting evidence for the interpretation of key texts cited. How is it that church councils appealed to the tradition passed down by the fathers, but at the same time implicitly condemned many of them? These are just some of the questions that will be addressed in detail throughout the course. 

 

 

How could God become a man? The perennial question brought before Christians. The theologian Herbert Maurice Relton said, “The Person of Christ is the bankruptcy of logic”. Why exactly is that the case? Learn how to formalise this intuitive uneasiness into several powerful arguments against Jesus being the God-man. 

 

 

This course will:

 

 

  • Equip students with the ability to engage Christians on a high level, while inviting them to Islam. 
  • Supply students with a fresh, supplementary approach in providing dawah to Christians.

Jake Brancatella

Jake Brancatella aka The Muslim Metaphysician is a revert to Islam from Catholicism. Jake holds a Bachelor's degree in philosophy and is trained in Analytic philosophy. He also has studied various Islamic sciences such as fiqh, usul al fiqh, and aqeedah with traditional ulema. Jake is also a public speaker and debator that typically debates Christian scholars on the highest level.

1
Introduction: What is the incarnation?
12 Minutes
2
Church Fathers From Clement to Justin Martyr
43 Minutes
3
Irenaeus on Christ
31 Minutes
4
Tertullian and Origen
30 Minutes
5
Church Fathers on John 14:28
25 Minutes
6
Quiz 1
8 questions
7
Christological Schools and Athanasius’ Christology
32 Minutes
8
Athanasius’ Apollinarianism
30 Minutes
9
Gregory of Nazianzus’ Christology
34 Minutes
10
Gregory of Nyssa’s Christology
40 Minutes
11
Quiz 2
10 questions
12
Hilary’s Christology
32 Minutes
13
Ambrose’s Christology
15 Minutes
14
Augustine’s Christology
34 Minutes
15
Quiz 3
6 questions
16
Cyril and Pope Leo
19 Minutes
17
Council of Chalcedon
21 Minutes
18
Third Council of Constantinople, Monothelitism, and Reformation Debates
28 Minutes
19
Quiz 4
6 questions
20
Human Natures and Persons
23 Minutes
21
William Lane Craig and Chalcedon
26 Minutes
22
Incoherence or Heresy?
22 Minutes
23
Logic, LPI, and Model Building
28 Minutes
24
Quiz 5
8 questions
25
Linguistic Solutions
28 Minutes
26
Different Models and Christ’s Human Nature
20 Minutes
27
Compositionalist Models and Some Problems
35 Minutes
28
More Against Compositionalist Accounts
10 Minutes
29
Quiz 6
8 questions
30
Kenoticism and Loke’s DPM
15 Minutes
31
Two-Person/No Person Dilemma
11 Minutes
32
Incarnation as Mystery
11 Minutes
33
Practical Application #1
19 Minutes
34
Practical Application #2
14 Minutes
35
Quiz 7 (Final)
10 questions