pre-existence of Christ

He held the tenet of the pre-existence of Christ's human soul.

That the Son so existed before the incarnation has been called the pre-existence of Christ."

Michael Servetus did not deny the pre-existence of Christ.

Some accept the pre-existence of Christ without accepting his full divinity in the Trinitarian sense.

Originally it questioned the doctrine of the Trinity and the pre-existence of Christ.

They have consequently been described as holding an essentially unitarian position on the doctrine, and of denying the pre-existence of Christ.

Non-Trinitarian Christians differ on the pre-existence of Christ.

Debate with Franovius in Lusławice on the pre-existence of Christ (1591)

Those who consider themselves Christians while denying the pre-existence of Christ can be broadly divided into two streams:

Later, Rudolf Bultmann described the pre-existence of Christ as "not only irrational but utterly meaningless."

The minority seceded, holding to the divinity of Christ and pre-existence of Christ (deism).

The concept of the pre-existence of Christ is a central tenet of the doctrine of the Trinity.

For example, it is likely that Arius and most early advocates of Arianism accepted the pre-existence of Christ.

The pre-existence of Christ refers to the doctrine of the personal existence of Christ before his conception.

Zwicker proposed that Christ's divinity, the pre-existence of Christ, and the incarnation were inventions of early heretics.

He differed from the Calvinists and many of the Arians at Pińczów in denying the pre-existence of Christ.

John Locke and Isaac Newton appear to have maintained belief in the pre-existence of Christ despite their rejection of the Trinity.

The most distinctive element in Socinian, as opposed to Arian, Christology is the objection of the personal pre-existence of Christ.

His central themes were the notion of the pre-existence of Christ and the worship of Christ as Kyrios (Greek: Lord).

Theodotus of Byzantium, Artemon and Paul of Samosata denied the pre-existence of Christ but accepted the virgin birth.

A central facet of Christian doctrine since the early centuries of the church has been the Pre-existence of Christ, and this is another area that has attracted his attention.

He taught against the pre-existence of Christ and followed the views of Joseph Priestley and Thomas Belsham in rejecting the virgin birth of Jesus.

In particular his booklet on the characteristic (Socinian) belief of Christadelphians against the personal pre-existence of Christ remains that church's most widely circulated publication on that topic.

He affirmed that the Bible was the Word of God and his Christology appears to be Socinian, denying the pre-existence of Christ but accepting the virgin birth.

In doing so he adopted what was later to be known as the "Socinian" position, between Arianism, which taught the pre-existence of Christ and full Unitarianism which denied the virgin birth.