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To: kosta50

I have some slight problem with trying to pin down

CO-EQUAL 100%

In some respects, seems Biblical. In others, not.

Jesus HIMSELF said there was none good except THE FATHER ONLY.

There are some mysteries we just don’t understand fully in our finiteness. And, I don’t think it helps to pretend we do.

Nevertheless, there’s plenty about Biblical truth of the Trinity that I think all Trinitarian Christian groups can feel some significant kinship.


12,248 posted on 04/08/2007 8:57:26 PM PDT by Quix (GOD ALONE IS GOD; WORTHY; PAID THE PRICE; IS COMING AGAIN; KNOWS ALL; IS LOVING; IS ALTOGETHER GOOD!)
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To: Quix
I have some slight problem with trying to pin down...CO-EQUAL 100%...In some respects, seems Biblical. In others, not...Jesus HIMSELF said there was none good except THE FATHER ONLY

Quix, what makes us all equal is our human nature, not what we do. The co-equality of the three Hypostases of the Godhead comes from their Divine Nature and not the Divine Economy.

The Wisdom of God is divine. The Word of God is divine. The Spirit of God is divine. They are revealed to us in different Hypostases in the economy of our salvation, but at all times it is one and the same God.

Are your words independent of your thoughts? Are they any less human? Is the spirit that comes from your thoughts, expressed by your words, any less human then the other two, or independent of them?

At all times, your thoughts and your words and your spirit are human, and are equally and inseparably you.

There are some mysteries we just don’t understand fully in our finiteness. And, I don’t think it helps to pretend we do.

That's why they are called mysteries. Those who pretend to understand or know God, as He really is, are pretentious, but knowing how God revealed Himself to people is not.

Nevertheless, there’s plenty about Biblical truth of the Trinity that I think all Trinitarian Christian groups can feel some significant kinship.

Trouble is, once you peel off the Trinitarian label, we find that among Trinitarian Christians the very core which was covered by the label is not exactly the same.

12,256 posted on 04/09/2007 5:59:19 AM PDT by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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