the Father, or who the Father is but the Son, and those to whom the Son may choose to reveal Him (Luke 10:22). 95 Knowing the Christ No one knows who the Son is but. It is not difficult to find many utterances among contemporary theologians both Protestant and Catholic,"- W. It has been said that present day theology has put chalcedon in the dock. "Chalcedon was a stumbling block-and still is.
What if an ex-OO member joins an Evangelical church? The thesis of this paper is if Martin Luther and Craig can be counted among the orthodox Evangelical ranks, like the other Chalcedonian churches, Evangelical churches can reconsider OO’s Christology to be as acceptable as Luther’s and Craig’s. Timothy Ware even records that during an unofficial consultation between OO and EO churches in Aarhus, Denmark, it was stated that the divergence “lies only on the level of phraseology”. In the past few decades, the long anathematized non-Chalcedonian churches, specifically the Oriental Orthodox (OO) churches, have met with the leaders of Eastern Orthodox (EO), Roman Catholic (RC), and Anglican churches for reconciliatory discussions between the non-Chalcedonian and the Chalcedonian churches of various persuasions. Although I do not agree with his conclusion, I share his suspicion. “I suspect that most evangelical Christians give allegiance with their lips to the Third Council and Dyotheletism but haven't really reflected seriously on it,” says William Craig in his explanation why he favors understanding Jesus as having only one will (Monothelitism).
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