Monday, June 22, 2020

Trinitarian Apologist Admitting that Trinitarians Do Engage in Equivocation about the Meaning and Function of the Term "God"

R. Andrew DeFord, a former Christadelphian who is now a Reformed Protestant, made the following admission that Trinitarians do engage in equivocation about the meaning and function of the term “God” (something many other Trinitarians deny):

 

“God” can be used as a personal title, like “ . . . and God said . . . “ or as a relational term like “. . . my God . . . “ Trinitarians, at time, are accused of equivocating when using the word “God” of any of three persons of the Trinity or the Trinity as a whole. This is a far charge and I do think triniarians can be sloppy with how we speak . . . When I use the term “God” of Jesus or the Spirit, I mean that they are deity. For me, to say that “Jesus is God” means that I am related to Him as a creature is related to his Creator. (R. Andrew DeFord, The Triune God and the Doctrine of the Covenant: Answering Unitarian Objections to the Doctrine of the Trinity [2018], 9)