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To: PetroniusMaximus

We have the reality of the Incarnation in certain tension with the reality of the Holy Trinity. The Incarnate Christ says in John 14:28 "the Father is greater than I". Yet, in the same chapter, "I am in the Father and the Father in me", which iasserts the Trinitarian unity of essence. It is heretical to conclude from that that the nature of the Eternal Trinity somehow changed with the incarnation, while it is possible and in fact necessary to distinguish between the divine and the human persons of Christ in reading the Scripture. I will research which christological error yours is later, if you are curious.

So, why exactly command over the created world such as walking on water or through walls is different than omnipresence?


161 posted on 11/22/2005 1:30:21 PM PST by annalex
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To: annalex
"It is heretical to conclude from that that the nature of the Eternal Trinity somehow changed with the incarnation, "

The nature of the eternal God can not change. Nevertheless, Christ did not have a human body in eternity past - and does now. That is a change.


"I will research which christological error yours is later, if you are curious. "

Thanks, you're always so kind in that regards, finding my heresies for me an all! :)


"So, why exactly command over the created world such as walking on water or through walls is different than omnipresence?"

Christ's resurrected body was capable of many things - instantaneous travel etc. But being in multiple locations at once is a denial of the reality of the body. Christ is one, unified person - not a multiplicity of persons. Additionally there is no Scriptural support for the idea.
174 posted on 11/22/2005 1:48:31 PM PST by PetroniusMaximus
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