Subject: Is Belief in the Trinity Required? |
Bible Note: Beja and Forum: And may I add these words of wisdom. "Augustine rightly insists that all trinitarian theology must arise from a heart and mind trained in humility. Trinitarian reflection can only blossom in a person who realizes the enormity of what is being attempted and our place before God. Humans can only safely speak of God from their knees. Augustine urges us to “remember who we are, and of Whom we speak. Let this and that, or whatever appertains to the nature of God, be with a pious faith embraced, with a holy respect entertained… . For it is not of such a nature as it can ascend into the heart of man; but the heart of man must itself ascend to it.” How, in fact, can human beings adequately speak of God? The subject is too high. “For if you have been able to comprehend what you would say, it is not God; if you have been able to comprehend it, you have comprehended something else instead of God. If you have been able to comprehend Him as you think, by so thinking you have deceived yourself.” [Olson, R. E., and Hall, C. A. (2002). The Trinity. Guides to theology (47–48). Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans.] Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |