Milton's ArianismFor more than 150 years, John Milton's interpreters have been struggling, with Milton and one another, to determine into which school of Trinitarian or anti-Trinitarian thought he ought to be enrolled. They have -matriculated- Milton into the schools of Servetus, Socinus, and Ochino, as well as pre-Nicene subordinationism, Unitarianism, Arianism, and orthodoxy. To date, no one view has been able to capture a lasting scholarly consensus. In order to settle this vexed question, and in order to move Milton critics out of this impasse, this text demonstrates the comprehensive affinity of the poet's anti-Trinitarian views with the Arian tenets condemned at the Council of Nicea." |
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According to Milton anathemas anti-Trinitarian argument Arius assertion Athanasius attributes begetting begotten Biblical Brief Epic C. S. Lewis Christ Christian Doctrine Church concept Council of Nicea created creation creature critics decree deity distinction doctrina christiana dynamic monarchianism Early Arianism equal essentia exaltation existence Father God's Godhead Grand Rapids Gregg and Groh Harnack heaven Hefele heresy heretical hermeneutical History of Christian holy Light Hunter hypostasis immutable incarnate infinite insisted interpretation John Milton Kelly label Lewalski logic London Maurice Kelley means mediator metaphysical Milton explains Milton says Milton's Arianism Milton's theology Milton's view Muse mutability nature Nicene creed numerical orthodox Paradise Lost passage Pelikan person poem position possess Prestige reason reprint salvation Satan Scripture self-existent simply Socinianism Son's eternity soteriological Spirit subordination subordinationism subordinationist substance substantia Systematic Theology term texts thee theologians things tion treatise Trinitarian Trinity true unity University Press Ursinus vols Wollebius words York καὶ οὐκ οὐσία