THEO 206 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Binitarianism, Arianism, Euhemerism
19 Nov 2018
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Ancient and near eastern divinities mentioned in the hebrew bible and rejected by monotheistic. Jews in favor of yahweh: baals, astartes of canaan, the marduks and tiamaths of babylonia. Greco->roman gods: zeus->jupiter; hera->juno; athena->minerva (organized sometimes in a hierarchy modeling the human one) Sun god (mithra or helios): this god is a move toward monotheism. The sun god rules, surrounded by various spirits/demons. Euhemerism: this form of worship interpreted the gods as former heroes who became divinized. Neoplatonism: classical pagan philosophy which was a synthesis of platonism, aristotlism, This mystical philosophy speaks of a triad: one-mind/nous-soul. Arius, in the 4th century, denied that jesus was god. The councils of nicaea (325 ad) and constantinople (381 ad) set the record straight against arianism. Christology: the doctrine about the person and works of jesus christ, relationship of his two natures: divine and human. Apollinarius of laodicaea (310-390 ad: said that the logos took the place of the human soul in jesus christ.
