매튜 바렛은 사회적 삼위일체론도 EFS적 삼위일체론으로 제시하며, 성경적 정통 삼위일체론과 차이가 있다고 제시했다.
Eternal functional subordination or Eternal subordination of the Son is a Trinitarian doctrine which proposes a hierarchy within the trinity, where though the Son is ontologically equal to the Father, He is subordinate in role, obeying the Father in eternity. Advocates of eternal subordination generally see this as a model for human relationships. Eternal Subordination is contrasted with the view held by Augustine, where the obedience of the Son to the Father is only by virtue of His human nature. Two prominent modern advocates of the doctrine are Wayne Grudem and Bruce Ware, though they often use the monicker “eternal relations of authority and submission” to further nuance their view
Wayne Grudem argued that the doctrine has been affirmed by many theologians within the last few centuries, including Carl F. H. Henry, Jonathan Edwards, Charles Ryrie, Charles Hodge and others. However, his interpretation of some of these theologians has been challenged. Some argue that Eternal Functional Subordination stands in contrast to the views of Augustine and Thomas Aquinas, who denied any such relations.
KEITH E. JOHNSON도 EFS에 대해서 글을 개제했습니다. “Trinitarian Agency and the Eternal Subordination of the Son: An Augustinian Perspective”
Johnson은 브루스 웨어(EFS 인정)와 케빈 자일스(EFS 부정)의 견해를 대조시켰습니다. Consider the contrasting interpretations of the Father/Son relationship in Augustine’s trinitarian theology that are offered by Bruce Ware (who affirms EFS) and Kevin Giles (who denies EFS):
EFS debate(EFS 논쟁)에서 어거스틴의 삼위일체 제시가 EFS 반대 위치에 있다는 내용입니다.
EFS의 위험성은 삼위일체, 영원에서 삼위일체서 종속적 개념이 갖는 위험입니다. 어거스틴은 영원에서 삼위일체는 하나이며 동등하다고 제시했습니다(Father, Son, and Holy Spirit “are of one and the same substance or essence” (De trin. I.4, 67)). 아들의 출생(Generation of the Son)과 성령의 발출(Procession of the Holy Spirit)이 있지만, 그 어휘가 어떤 차이나 종속을 의미하는 것이 아닙니다. 삼위일체 하나님은 ad intra와 ad extra에 차이가 없습니다.
