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    Justin Martyr's Student Tatian: His Beliefs on the Trinity, the Creation, Free Will, and More
    Justin Martyr's Student Tatian: His Beliefs on the Trinity, the Creation, Free Will, and More
    Justin Martyr's Student Tatian: His Beliefs on the Trinity, the Creation, Free Will, and More
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    Justin Martyr's Student Tatian: His Beliefs on the Trinity, the Creation, Free Will, and More

    By Robert Alan King

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    Justin Martyr's Student Tatian: His Beliefs on the Trinity, the Creation, Free Will, and More by Robert Alan King is a booklet with over 4,700 words. This treatise discusses the beliefs of Tatian on a variety of subjects, including the Trinity, the nature of the pre-incarnate Christ, free will, evil and demons, the life and practice of Christians, the nature of the soul, and the resurrection. King has analyzed and summarized the theological beliefs of Ignatius from Tatian's Address to the Greeks, his sole extant work that personally discusses his beliefs. Robert Alan King is an ordained minister through Calvary Chapel.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRobert Alan King
    Release dateMar 8, 2012
    ISBN9781466139398
    Justin Martyr's Student Tatian: His Beliefs on the Trinity, the Creation, Free Will, and More
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    Robert Alan King

    Robert Alan King is an ordained minister through Calvary Chapel who has written numerous theological and inspirational articles for a variety of publications, including Advocate, The Church Herald & Holiness Banner, Companions, The Priest, Proclaim, Pulpit Helps, Vista, War Cry, and Decision Magazine. He also has authored numerous printed books and dozens of eBooks.King has a Master of Arts Degree Sum Cum Laude in Psychology from Touro University Worldwide with an 4.0 institutional GPA, a Bachelor of Science Degree Cum Laude in Bible and Theology from Lee University with an 4.0 institutional GPA, and an Associate of Arts Degree with an emphasis in Science from Coastline Community College. He has a total of at least 256 units of education from universities, seminaries or colleges. This includes at least 130 units of Bible and theology related classes from Lee University, Calvary Chapel Bible College, and Chafer Theological Seminary.

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      Justin Martyr's Student Tatian - Robert Alan King

      Justin Martyr's Student Tatian: His Beliefs on

      the Trinity, the Creation, Free Will, and More

      by Robert Alan King

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2012 by King & Associates. All Rights Reserved.

      Published by King & Associates

      Casa Grande, Arizona

      For a complete catalog of books and publications by Robert Alan King, visit BibleCommentator.com. This site also provides you with news on his upcoming titles. In addition, you can read many other articles by King on a wide variety of biblical issues.

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      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      The Trinity

      The Creation of All Things

      Sin, Evil and Demons

      Free Will and Salvation

      Christian Life and Practice

      Eschatology

      Other Interesting Notes

      Footnotes

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      Introduction

      The objective of this booklet is to provide a thorough analysis of exactly what Tatian (2nd century A.D.) believed in his orthodoxy. It is generally accepted that Tatian was a student of Justin Martyr and he is accused by Irenaeus (2nd century A.D.) on being lifted up with pride because of this.¹ From what we can gather from comments by the early church fathers, it seems that Tatian ventured off into erroneous teaching later in life as the founder of an ascetic group called the Encratites. It is reported by some of the early church fathers that he denounced all sexual activity as impure even in marriage. He seems to have allowed sexual relations in marriage in order to overcome temptation as suggested by Paul, but at the same time discourages the practice

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