Doctrine A) Neoplatonism; Neoplatonism Has Essay

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However, with the conversion of Constantine, the idea of dualism meaning the separation of the state and church was not necessarily valid any more. More precisely, "before the conversion of Constantine there was no question about the relations of ecclesiastical structure of the Roman state; they were clearly separate and all the Church could hope was a benign toleration (…) Constantine's conversion came as a surprise and necessitated a rethinking of the traditional relationship between the two institutions" (Boojamra, 1981, p191).

c) Unitarianism

Unitarianism is a religious belief in deep contrast with the Trinitarianism belief that states that God is a single person. Unlike modalism, Unitarianism does not view Jesus as part of God, but rather as a prophet of God. By contrast, Trinitarianism views God as one being created from three elements.

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Therefore both Unitarianism and modalism are in deep contrast with Trinitarianism.

d) modalism

Modalism represents the line of thought through which God is represented by only one presence and that there is no distinction between God, Jesus, or the Holy Spirit, all of Them representing God as a single person. The name "modalism" however comes from the belief that all these three instances are in fact modes of the single God (Lossky, 1997). Unlike Trinitarians who believe that God has three "masks" or "faces," the Modalists believe that in fact these masks are instances of God as a single person......

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