In this episode, Dr. Carl Mosser (Associate Professor at Eastern University, and a Visiting Scholar at the Center for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Notre Dame) provides background on the Greek word “theos,” commonly translated as “God.” Dr. Mosser explains how the word had its birth as an adjective, and that our modern-day, Western, monotheistic understanding of this word needs to be adjusted.
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Author: Dale Tuggy
Keywords: Deity of Christ, Deity of Jesus, divinity of Jesus, divinity of Christ, Deify, deification, sons of God, highly exalted, exaltation, exalted, Jesus deified, human deification, Christ deified, theos, God, elohim, deity, deities, pantheon, my lord and my god, thomas' confession
Bible reference(s): Exodus 7:1, Psalms 82:1, Psalms 82:6-7, Psalms 138:1, John 1:18, John 10:33-36, John 17:3, John 20:28, 1 Thessalonians 1:9, Hebrews 1:8, 1 John 5:20
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