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To: Forest Keeper; Kolokotronis; irishtenor; blue-duncan; Mad Dawg; HarleyD; stfassisi; ...
"God-breathed" actually means something important.

Yes, "animated by God," brought to life by God.

Do you all pray to individual members of the Trinity separately?

Sometimes. For instance the very important hesychastic Jesus Prayer (not practiced in the West) says "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, the sinner."

Another would be this liturgical prayer

or this one

Usually it's a prayer to God and the Three Hypostases, such as

Or, more commonly

As in, "Jesus, this is just for you but not for the Spirit"?

No, it shouldn't really matter because a prayer to one is a prayer to the same God. But in some instances, in the context of the economy of our salvation, it is proper to address one Hypostasis in particular (such as the Holy Spirit who accomplishes the sacraments).

5,655 posted on 05/18/2008 9:48:16 PM PDT by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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To: kosta50; Kolokotronis; irishtenor; blue-duncan; Mad Dawg; HarleyD; stfassisi; Dr. Eckleburg
FK: "Do you all pray to individual members of the Trinity separately?"

Kosta: Sometimes. For instance the very important hesychastic Jesus Prayer (not practiced in the West) says "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, the sinner."

...........

FK: "As in, "Jesus, this is just for you but not for the Spirit"?"

Kosta: No, it shouldn't really matter because a prayer to one is a prayer to the same God.

OK, then I think we're good on this. :) Thanks for the prayer examples.

5,679 posted on 05/20/2008 11:48:29 AM PDT by Forest Keeper (It is a joy to me to know that God had my number, before He created numbers.)
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