Excerpt from Anthony Buzzard's article.
Once the Son of God’s origin by miracle in Mary
(Matt. 1:18, genesis) was discarded in favor of a twisted
version of John 1, producing a preexisting Son of God
rather than as John wrote a preexisting word, wisdom and
plan of God, fearful conflict and argumentation, disputes,
excommunications and disunity followed. Jesus’ unitary
monotheism (Mark 12:29) was lost and recovered only by
certain minorities (the so-called Dynamic Monarchians).
At the Reformation the Socinians led a significant
movement which recaptured the unitary monotheism of
Jesus and the Apostles (Mark 12:29, repeated in 1 Cor.
8:4-6 by Paul). Paul believed in the unitary monotheistic
Shema (“Hear, O Israel”) as had Jesus. Without that firm
foundation there is little hope for a united, single
Christian faith. At present the denominations are unable
to pay attention to and put into practice the clear
command of Paul: “I urge and entreat you, brothers and
sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Messiah that all of
you be in perfect harmony and full agreement in what you
say and that there be no dissensions or factions or
divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in
your common understanding and in your opinions and
judgments” (1 Cor. 1:10, Amplified Bible).
For further information about how the faith lost its
essential unity soon after the death of the Apostles please
consult the introduction to my One God, the Father, one
Man Messiah Translation of the New Testament with
commentary, available ...
For a succinct definition of who Jesus is, read Luke
2:11
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