Eternal Submission of the Son: the main issues
Early on in the debate which erupted in mid-2016, Andrew Wilson attempted to tease out the main issues at stake.
Here are headlines:
- Is the Eternal Functional Submission of the Son (EFS) taught in Scripture?
- Is the Eternal Functional Submission of the Son novel?
- Is the Eternal Functional Submission of the Son heterodox, or even heretical?
- Is there a separation of the divine will?
- Does the Eternal Functional Submission of the Son imply that Christ only had one will?
- Does the Eternal Functional Submission of the Son involve denying the Eternal Generation of the Son (EG)?
- If the answer to 4, 5 and 6 is “yes,” then should those advocating it resign from their posts?
- Is the language of the eternal “subordination” of the Son helpful?
- Should Trinitarian relations be used in the debate about the roles of men and women?
- Is the analogy between eternal Trinitarian relations and sex roles unhelpful to women?