18 - Questions on the Character of Christ
QUESTIONS ON THE CHARACTER OF CHRIST.
We will subjoin the following, and give the answers as far as we can, in accordance with the views of modern Unitarians. Those we do not answer, we shall leave for any Unitarian to answer, who is better skilled in the mysticisms of that doctrine than we are at present. But until these questions are answered in agreement with the views of Unitarians, we shall consider them unanswerable.
QUESTIONS.
1. Did Christ exist before his nativity? A. Yes. - ’
2. Is his existence eternal? A. No.
3. Is Christ all divine? A. Yes.
4. Can Divinity die? A.
5. Was there ever any incarnation of the divine Being? A. No.
6. How was God manifested in the flesh? A.
7. Is the Son an object of religious worship? A. Yes.
8. Is any creature an object of religious worship? A.
9. Did the body of Christ exist previous to his conception and birth? A.
10. Was that body human, angelic, or divine in its nature 1 } A. Divine.
11. Can Divinity bleed? A.
12. Had the actual Creator any partner in creating the universe? A. No* 13. Who was the Creator? A. Christ.
14. Did the body of Christ possess a human soul? A. No.
15. Was it the body or mind of Christ that created the universe? A.
16. Is the Holy Ghost an active agent, a person? A. No. - 17. How then was the Holy Ghost, the Father of Jesus Christ?_ A.
18. Was the Creator of the universe a separate and distinct being, from him who died on the cross? A.
19. Was the Creator himself uncreated? A. Yes, he was.
20. Was Jesus Christ self-existent? A. No.
21. Did Jesus increase in wisdom? A. Yes.
22. Did the Creator increase in wisdom? A.
23. Did Jesus Christ possess two natures? A. No.
24. In what sense was Jesus before Abraham? A.
25. Is there any created being who was from everlasting to everlasting? A.
26. Is any created being the living God? A. No.
27. Why is Christ so called? Acts 14:1-28; Acts 15:1-41. A.
28. Is the Eternal God a spirit? A. Yes.
29. la a spirit ft mind, an agent, a person? A. Yes. ’
30. Is the Holy Ghost a person? A.
31. Is the Holy Spirit and the Spirit of God, one, and only one, Spirit? A.
32. How is God said to be a Spirit? A.
33. Does Christ possess human nature? A. No.
34. Why is he called “ Jesus Christ of the seed of David?” A.
35. Was the God of Elijah, Jeremiah, and Daniel, the Eternal God? A. Yes.
36. Why does Jesus call himself, “ The Lord God of the Holy Prophets?” Rev. 22:616. A.
37. Was the Logos, (Johnl:!,) a real existence? A.
38. Was he a substance, or was he an attribute of God? A. An attribute.
39. Was the world created by delegated power? A. Yes.
40. Can God delegate his attributes? A.