[bmwcyle]

Bump for referece

[HarleyD]

For those of us who do not understand the finer underlying points of the Trinity.

[tuckrdout]

Thanks Harley!

One can also look at it as Saint Patrick did, as a clover: Three separate leaves on one stem.

Or an Egg, three separate parts: White, Yolk, Shell, yet all one egg.

Also, a Tree: Roots, Branches, Trunk, all distinct yet all make up the whole.

Isn't He marvelous!

[Between the Lines]

Thanks Harley. Book-marked and bumped.

[Logophile]

God is a trinity of persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The Father is not the same person as the Son; the Son is not the same person as the Holy Spirit; and the Holy Spirit is not the same person as Father. They are not three gods and not three beings. They are three distinct persons; yet, they are all the one God. Each has a will, can speak, can love, etc., and these are demonstrations of personhood. They are in absolute perfect harmony consisting of one substance.

Two questions:

1. What is the difference between a "person" and a "being"? I gather that a person "has a will, can speak, can love, etc.", but there are at least some beings for which these things are true also.

2. What does it mean to say the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are "of one substance"? The word substance can mean "essential nature" or "physical material." Does either of these definitions apply to the Trinity?

[PJ-Comix]

Is there a The Trinity For Dummies book out there???

[kosta50]

Divine Wisdom, Word and Spirit are manifestations [Hypistaes] of one Being we call God. For as God is eternal, so is His Wisdom, His Word and His Spirit -- all equally divine, all co-eternal; for there never was a moment when the Wisdom was without the Word, or without His Spirit. The Wisdom generates the Word, not the other way around, thereby the eternal relationship of the Wisdom to the Word is that of a Father and a Son, one way. By the same principle, the Spirit eternally originates (proceeds) from the Father. The Father is eternally the source and the cause of all. The Son is eternally begotten and the Spirit eternally proceeds from the Father.

On imperfect scale, we have a mind, from which we generate words and through which we express our spirit. Hence, we are created in His image.

[TotusTuus]

Bump for later read.