The Trinity & Monotheism Part 1 - Introduction & Definitions

This presentation titled “The Monarchy of the Father“ by Dr. Beau Branson, a prominent Orthodox Christian philosopher, aims to address unitarianism and critiques of the Trinity using the long neglected but Traditional doctrine of the monarchy of the Father. The different models of the trinity are compared and contrasted. This will be a multipart series (1 upload per week) which will hopefully help Christians in framing the Trinity for apologetics against unitarian faiths, Islam, Judaism etc... Dr. Branson is currently Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Brescia University in Kentucky. His Ph.D (2014) was completed at the University of Notre Dame, directed by Richard Cross, where he specialized in Philosophical Theology, Metaphysics, and Ancient and Hellenistic Philosophy. His research focuses on the philosophy of the early Church Fathers. His personal website can be found here: 0:00 Introduction 1:38 Logical Problem of the Trinity 6:58 Unitarianism Option? 9:44 Landscape of the Debate 14:32 Goals of this Talk 18:29 Definitions Compared 27:47 The Monarchia 35:20 Meaning and Implication 45:05 Different Trinitarian Views 51:18 Is this Subordinationism?