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Theological Word Of The Day: Perichoresis
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| 9 July 2008
Posted on 07/09/2008 12:32:26 AM PDT by Gamecock
perichoresis
Gk. peri “around” + choreio “dance”
Refers to the mutual indwelling and relationship of the members of the Trinity. This concept is emphasized more by Eastern Christianity, but is affirmed by all orthodox branches of Trinitarian Christianity. St John of Damascus defines it such: “The subsistences [i.e., the three Persons] dwell and are established firmly in one another. For they are inseparable and cannot part from one another, but keep to their separate courses within one another, without coalescing or mingling, but cleaving to each other. For the Son is in the Father and the Spirit: and the Spirit in the Father and the Son: and the Father in the Son and the Spirit, but there is no coalescence or commingling or confusion. And there is one and the same motion: for there is one impulse and one motion of the three subsistences, which is not to be observed in any created nature” (The Orthodox Faith, 1.14).
TOPICS: Apologetics; General Discusssion
KEYWORDS: twotd
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posted on
07/09/2008 12:32:26 AM PDT
by
Gamecock
To: ItsOurTimeNow; StAthanasiustheGreat; PAR35; lupie; Quix; Manfred the Wonder Dawg; Dr. Eckleburg; ...
TWOTD Ping
And today we have a break from the 5 Solas theme that we have seen over the last couple of days....
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posted on
07/09/2008 12:34:03 AM PDT
by
Gamecock
(The question is not, Am I good enough to be a Christian? rather Am I good enough not to be?)
To: Gamecock
Isaiah 9:6 (King James Version)
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
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posted on
07/09/2008 3:12:10 AM PDT
by
shineon
To: Gamecock
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posted on
07/09/2008 3:12:37 AM PDT
by
hershey
To: shineon
Dueteronomy 6:4
Hear Oh Israel. The Lord thy God is One Lord.
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posted on
07/09/2008 3:13:03 AM PDT
by
shineon
To: hershey
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posted on
07/09/2008 3:27:12 AM PDT
by
Cvengr
(Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
To: shineon
I and the Father are one. John 10:30
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posted on
07/09/2008 3:43:42 AM PDT
by
Gamecock
(The question is not, Am I good enough to be a Christian? rather Am I good enough not to be?)
To: Gamecock
John 14:9 (King James Version)
Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Show us the Father?
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posted on
07/09/2008 3:53:49 AM PDT
by
shineon
To: Gamecock
I don't know what it is, but I see the word Perichoresis, and I immediately think of B. Hussein nObama trying to articulate his stand on the war in Iraq.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled theological discussion.
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posted on
07/09/2008 4:01:53 AM PDT
by
Mad Dawg
(Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.)
To: Gamecock
All glory be to The Father and to The Son and to the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
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posted on
07/09/2008 5:40:33 AM PDT
by
ChurtleDawg
(voting only encourages them)
To: Mad Dawg
Dawg - funny, but accurate, perception!
I now return to my regularly scheduled Reformation watchdawg status.
To: Gamecock
perichoresis
Now there's a completely new word for me.
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posted on
07/09/2008 5:12:51 PM PDT
by
Lee N. Field
(You wouldn't want a postmodern to fix your car. Why would you trust him with your theology?)
To: Gamecock
I’d say that I learned a new word today, but somehow I don’t think that it’s going to make its way into the memory banks.
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posted on
07/09/2008 8:47:59 PM PDT
by
PAR35
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