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To: CobaltBlue; ALS; scripter; AndrewC
Thank you for your post!

Indeed, I read all seven translations of John 1:3 and 10, Hebrews 1:2 and Colossians 1:16 … I didn’t just look at one.

And by comparing all seven, side-by-side, I see no substantive difference. You obviously do.

For the other Freepers in this discussion and any Lurkers still following it, here is what purports to be the official Catholic view of the matter:

U.S. Catholic Bishops - Catechism of the Catholic Church

II. Creation—Work of the Holy Trinity

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth": three things are affirmed in these first words of Scripture: the eternal God gave a beginning to all that exists outside of himself; he alone is Creator (the verb "create"—Hebrew bara—always has God for its subject). The totality of what exists (expressed by the formula "the heavens and the earth") depends on the One who gives it being.

"In the beginning was the Word . . . and the Word was God . . . all things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made." The New Testament reveals that God created everything by the eternal Word, his beloved Son. In him "all things were created, in heaven and on earth . . . all things were created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together." The Church's faith likewise confesses the creative action of the Holy Spirit, the "giver of life," "the Creator Spirit" ("Veni, Creator Spiritus"), the "source of every good."

The Old Testament suggests and the New Covenant reveals the creative action of the Son and the Spirit, inseparably one with that of the Father. This creative cooperation is clearly affirmed in the Church's rule of faith: "There exists but one God . . . he is the Father, God, the Creator, the author, the giver of order. He made all things by himself, that is, by his Word and by his Wisdom," "by the Son and the Spirit" who, so to speak, are "his hands." Creation is the common work of the Holy Trinity.


4,089 posted on 07/17/2003 8:34:57 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: Alamo-Girl
>>Creation is the common work of the Holy Trinity. <<

So, in your mind, would it be proper to say that the Holy Ghost created the Universe?
4,091 posted on 07/17/2003 8:49:38 PM PDT by CobaltBlue (Never voted for a Democrat in my life.)
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To: Alamo-Girl
Thank you for your research,

I was raised Catholic and was taught this very thing. However, I have not been a Catholic for over 12 years.

I was a little worried for our Catholic brothers and sisters for a minute. Glad you could clear that up.
4,098 posted on 07/17/2003 9:16:42 PM PDT by bondserv (Alignment is critical.)
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To: Alamo-Girl
Great posts tonight, AG. I think your answers have been right on, falling in line with everything I know, believe and hear from the Spirit myself. I think I'm done on this topic but if you would, please ping me to anything else you might say here.
4,107 posted on 07/17/2003 10:37:25 PM PDT by scripter
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