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To: Kolokotronis; D-fendr; kosta50; Diamond; Blogger; Forest Keeper; Mad Dawg; xzins
God neither rejoices nor grows angry, for to rejoice and to be offended are passions

True enough. My only comment is that we approach God on several levels. The Act of Contrition that we say in penance goes, in part, "I detest my sin because it offends you, Lord". My mental picture is that it is Christ being offended by my sin at His passion. However, it is innatural at this point to separate the Son from the Father, and so the penitent begins to think that he offended the Father. This view is perhaps theologically flawed but it nevertheless has a merit of allowing to concentrate on the penance and not on the workings of the Trinity.

I wonder if saying something like "The Father was offended through the Person of the Son" is incorrect.

I will study St. Anselm as soon as this thread dies down a bit.

6,331 posted on 01/16/2007 2:59:43 PM PST by annalex
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To: annalex

Given that God DESCRIBES HIMSELF otherwise, I'll stick with

GOD'S PERSPECTIVE ON HIMSELF

instead of the assertions of a fossilized bureaucracy.


6,414 posted on 01/16/2007 7:55:17 PM PST by Quix (LET GOD ARISE AND HIS ENEMIES BE SCATTERED. LET ISRAEL CALL ON GOD AS THEIRS! & ISLAM FLUSH ITSELF)
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