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1 | Explain Trinity Father Son, Holy Ghost | Is 1:1 | halroy | 199586 | ||
Thanks for the welcome, Doc, In seeking to understand how three Persons can be One, I find it handy for my weak mind - I am no scholar - to consider that my own existence seems to entail three...modes, if you want to use the term. However, I ascribe no modes of subordination or derivation to the Godhead based on this. The image of myself produced by my Kodak comes much closer to revealing the essence of my existence, than whatever image my existence reveals to me of the essence of God. It was not meant as an analogy, but just a dim perception of comparison not intended as a basis for doctrine. My beliefs are very conservative, and, I am sure, orthodox. I agree with your caution. may god bless you, halroy |
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2 | Explain Trinity Father Son, Holy Ghost | Is 1:1 | DocTrinsograce | 199624 | ||
Hi, Halroy... All analogies, particularly relating to the divine attributes, tend to be problematic to one degree or another. The worst thing about them is that they cause people to have a false sense of comprehension. Recognizing the limits of our knowledge is really not a problem. After all, who wants the kind of God that can be easily understood! The other problem is that the Scripture does not clearly teach a trichotomy. It has its origins in Greek philosophy -- Aristotle and Plato particularly. (See post #196995) In Him, Doc |
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3 | Explain Trinity Father Son, Holy Ghost | Is 1:1 | halroy | 199639 | ||
thanks doc, I did read your post #196995, and found it both interesting and informative. While scripture does not clearly teach a trichotomy, neither does it clearly disallow it. However, I hold no strong opinion either way except to say that man is either dichotomal, or trichotomal, in nature. Scripture clearly teaches that man is made in the image of God. The Kodak print of myself is a two-dimensional image representing a three-dimensional one; I don't demand that man's soul and spirit are two seperate modes. I merely think that looking inside myself, I can understand something about persons...since I are one. If the creation declares the handiwork of God, and (Rom 1:20) "his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse..." then I certainly think that the one creature we are taught was made in His image, ourselves, has something to reveal to us about the nature of God. With all respects to whoever responded about the egg...scripture does not say that God created the egg in His image. There is no scriptural basis for any egg analogy; there is however, definitely a scriptural basis for such an analogy in the case of Man. So...how many angels do you think CAN dance on the head of a pin? |
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4 | Explain Trinity Father Son, Holy Ghost | Is 1:1 | stjohn | 199640 | ||
Where does it say that Angels can dance? | ||||||