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Advanced Apologetics · Lesson 4 · 20 min

Philosophical Trinity defenses

Survey Latin and Social Trinitarianism, classical theism, and the relative-identity model — answer 'this is logically incoherent' rigorously.

Reading path

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  1. Read

    Philosophical defenses of the Trinity

    Augustine, Cappadocians, Latin Trinitarianism (Leftow, Brower-Rea), Social Trinitarianism (Plantinga, Swinburne), van Inwagen relative identity.

  2. Read

    What do Christians actually believe about the Trinity?

    Intro-tier statement of the doctrine the philosophical models defend.

  3. Read

    Is the Trinity three gods?

    Companion piece — the directly tritheist objection.

  4. Topic hub

    The Trinity

    Topic hub for further reading on the Trinity.

Practice

Try the conversation in a safe place before you have it for real.

Practice scenario

Defending the Trinity without strawmen — over tea

Practice the doctrine in conversation — the simple statement, then the model.

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