Part Three
Theology Proper: 20 THE UNITY AND TRINITY OF GOD
A DISPENSATIONAL THEOLOGY
By Charles F Baker
Theology Proper: 20 THE UNITY AND TRINITY OF GOD
A DISPENSATIONAL THEOLOGY
By Charles F Baker
2. That it
is a Modal Trinity.
This was the
view of Sabellius of Ptolemais (AD 250). According to this view the Trinity
does not concern the nature of God but involved only the mode in which God has
revealed Himself. as Father He is Creator and Lawgiver; as Son He is Redeemer;
and as Spirit He is Regenerator and Sanctified. Or to put it another way, God
may be considered to be Father in the Old Testament, the Son during the Gospel
history, and the Spirit during the present dispensation. In any case, this view
holds to only one Person manifested in three modes. This view is also known as
an economic trinity: one God manifesting Himself in different offices in the
different economies or dispensations. But as has been pointed out, in the Bible
all three Persons of the Trinity are manifested together at the same time.
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