What does this research mean for the field?

The traditional Chalcedonian model of 'one person, two natures' inherently deconstructs itself in historical Baptist theology and is better replaced by a Christology 'from below' that understands Jesus as perfectly participating in divine sonship without a duality of natures. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.CONTRADICTORY. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.CHALLENGES_CONSENSUS.

What question did this study set out to answer?

To examine how historical Baptist theologians engaged with Chalcedonian Christology and propose an alternative theological framework centered on relational participation in the Trinity.

August 31, 2026Baptist QuarterlyOpen Access

Doing Christology within a Baptist Heritage

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PFPaul S. FiddesUniversity of Stirling

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Historical-theological analysis reveals internal limits in Baptist Christology, suggesting a model of relational participation in divine sonship replaces dual-nature frameworks.

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To examine how historical Baptist theologians engaged with Chalcedonian Christology and propose an alternative theological framework centered on relational participation in the Trinity.
Textual and conceptual analysis of five Baptist theologians spanning the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries.
Evaluation of the traditional Chalcedonian 'one person, two natures' doctrine alongside Wolfhart Pannenberg's 'Christology from below'.
Historical adherence to the classic formula among examined Baptist thinkers generated internal conceptual tensions, effectively deconstructing dual-nature models.
An alternative Christological framework models Jesus's divine unity through complete relational participation in the Sonship of the triune God rather than through metaphysical dual natures.
The relational model establishes a theological covenant of sonship and daughterhood in which creation broadly participates.

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Paul S. Fiddes (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a95427bf20e493292a74cf6 https://doi.org/10.1080/0005576x.2026.2709317

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Historical-theological analysis reveals internal limits in Baptist Christology, suggesting a model of relational participation in divine sonship replaces dual-nature frameworks.

Doing Christology within a Baptist Heritage

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Doing Christology within a Baptist Heritage

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