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To: taxcontrol
Post 11 says, in essence: if you're a non-Trinitarian, you must do x and if you are a Trinitarian you should have no problem doing x, therefore there is no difference in practice.

But what that implies is: Trinitarians should only pray in a way that non-Trinitarians find palatable.

That's not really an answer to the question of: is the Holy Spirit a creature?

63 posted on 11/14/2012 12:22:12 PM PST by wideawake
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To: wideawake

I specifically did not answer your question as my intent was to present the natural conclusions of the two primary positions and let the reader make up their own mind.

To a Trinitarian, this should be a non issue. To the Trinitarian, God-Father, God-Son and God-Spirit are all the same so it should not make a difference as to which one to pray to.

It is only the non-Trinitarian that the question has any relevance and/or requires an answer. To that basis of theology, God is different from Son and from Spirit. In my experience, non-Trinitarians place more authority on God-Father and when Jesus tells them to pray to God, the interpretation is to pray to God-Father because Jesus did not tell Christians to pray in any other manner.

So in this issue of Theology, the first operative question to the believer is ... are you a Trinitarian or a non-Trinitarian. When that issue is settled in the believer’s mind, then the answer is provided above.


65 posted on 11/14/2012 12:38:40 PM PST by taxcontrol
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