Stephen Davis Kenosis Model

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Stephen Davis states that because of the broadness of the Chalcedon formula, the position one might hold of the kenosis theory is orthodox (Davis, 135). Yet, Davis softens his position by punting to the church on whether or not the kenosis theory is orthodox hinging on the "people of God accepting it as orthodox" (138). Davis' deferral to the present church contradicts the earlier point of the model being within the bounds of the Chalcedonian definition. That being the case, the doctrine of Kenosis defined either as "functional kenosis" or "ontological kenosis" promulgates a sense of competition between God's nature and human nature that the Chalcedon formula asserts as heretical (for definitions see Crisp, 119–120). As the formula avers,

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