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Building the monarchy of the Father

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2021

Joshua R. Sijuwade*
Affiliation:
London School of Theology, Northwood, London, HA6 2UW, UK

Abstract

This article aims to provide an explication of the doctrine of the monarchy of the Father. A precisification of the doctrine is made within the building-fundamentality framework provided by Karen Bennett, which enables a further clarification of the central elements of the doctrine to be made and an important objection against it to be answered.

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Original Article
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press

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