TY - JOUR AU - Tuggy, Dale PY - 2021/03/31 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Hasker’s Tri-Personal God vs. New Testament Theology JF - European Journal for Philosophy of Religion JA - EJPR VL - 13 IS - 1 SE - Discussion and Replies DO - 10.24204/ejpr.v13i1.3670 UR - https://philosophy-of-religion.eu/index.php/ejpr/article/view/3670 SP - 153-177 AB - <p>Hasker’s “social” Trinity theory is subject to considerable philosophical problems (Section II). More importantly, the theory clashes with the clear New Testament teaching that the one God just is the Father alone (Section III). Further, in light of five undeniable facts about the New Testament texts, we can know that the authors of the New Testament thought that the only God was just the Father himself, not the Trinity (Section IV). Hasker can neither deny these facts nor defeat the strong evidence they provide that in affirming a triune God in the late 4<sup>th</sup> century, catholic tradition departed from apostolic teaching about the one God (Section V).</p> ER -