Reading Canlis’ chapter on adoption in Calvin’s Ladder and I came across this gem. In my reading of patristics “Universal Fatherhood” seems to be assumed but can anyone point me to examples for or against?

I think this has connections to our recent discussions on the Monarchy of the Father. If God is by nature Father then how is it that the state of the human will can alter than relation in anything other than a subjective mode? @CorbyAmos @David_Mahfood @skymcm @robertdryer

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