Do the Biblical Unitarians Have a Coherent and Objective Hermenutical Criterion?

by L. Edward Enochs


An Open Letter and Theological Salvo to Anthony Buzzard and the Biblical Unitarian Movement


"Test all things, hold fast to the truth"

(1 Thessalonians 5:21).


Dear Unitarians, Dr. Buzzard, Dan Mages and Danny Dixon,

By now you probably know that the word is out about the recent Riverside debate and the general consensus across Southern California is that the Trinitarians in the recent debate presented a more cogent and coherent presentation in defense of the Trinity
Recently, as many of us watched a video that was produced on the debate, a common response being made is that the Unitarian presentation was disjointed and squattered.

As a defender of historic Evangelical Orthodoxy on the Trinity I am willing to continue this debate in writing and in on going public debates like the one held in Riverside this past week, however, one thing has become a consensus amongst the Orthodox Evangelicals is that Unitarians must produce a far more cogent and systematic presentation of their anti-trinitarianism and a better hermenutical articulation of their position, providing some semblance of an objective standard of interpretation.

As a participant in this recent debate, I was greatly perplexed as to what methodology of hermeneutics you were using and seen some major inherent incongruousness in your interpretive grid from which you exegete Scripture. I myself was left scratching my head and wondering from what criterion do you objectively interpret Scripture. Is your hermeneutic taken from the subjectivistic postmodern standard of the Emergent Church Movement, philosophical rationalism, Historical-Grammaticalism or some other interpretive method of understanding Holy Scripture.

It will be interesting to see if you will regroup and redouble your efforts to produce such a hermeneutic or run the risk of being deemed incoherent by your Trinitarian opponents such as I.

In any event, I am looking forward to seeing you rally to muster a better hermeneutic.

I look forward to sparring with you on the Trinity in the days ahead.


In Defense of the Historic Trinity,

Lee Edward Enochs
Evangelical Apologist,
Southern California