[hosepipe]

[ Again, I assert that the Word of God is not a collection of text on paper, pixels on a monitor, dye on papyrus or pressure waves (sound). He is alive! ]

The very thing tradition and dogma trys to occlude..
Taking this very thing for granted (He is alive) trumps opinion.. or dead letters..
God(Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) is/are alive..
NOT a formulaic human observation..

[Mad Dawg]

The very thing tradition and dogma trys to occlude..

We're trying to occlude the Life of the Word? I can see how you might say that we do so inadvertently, but how you conclude that we're "trying" to hide the Life of the Word escapes me.

[Alamo-Girl]

Er, if I may, I don't see where hosepipe was speaking of Catholicism per se but rather, generally, that tradition and dogma try to occlude the fact that the Word of God is alive.

The motivation (wanting to be the intermediary) is inferred from the particular honor given to certain texts and writings in the territorial domains of Christian assemblies (whether Catholic, Calvinist, Orthodox, Mormon or whatever) so as to recognize the Person of Jesus Christ, Himself - indirectly through those honored scripts rather than directly - One on one - without filters, veils, intermediaries, etc.

Which was hosepipe's point here:

Taking this very thing for granted (He is alive) trumps opinion.. or dead letters.. God(Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) is/are alive.. NOT a formulaic human observation..

For the philosophers among us the difference is between the image (or artifacts) of the person and the Person.

The inference is that assemblies per se seem to want to look at the image rather than the Person and thus there are dogmas, traditions, etc. Also related to post 5923, i.e. the dogma and tradition are a 'vail' like the one which was wanted to obscure His glory from Moses' face.