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
Christ our God, You are the fulfillment of the Law and the prophets. You have fulfilled all the dispensation of the Father. Fill our hearts with joy and gladness always, now and forever and to the ages of ages. Amen.
or this one
Having beheld the resurrection of Christ, let us worship the holy Lord Jesus, the only Sinless One. We venerate Your cross, O Christ, and we praise and glorify Your holy resurrection. You are our God. We know no other than You, and we call upon Your name.
Usually it's a prayer to God and the Three Hypostases, such as
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God the Father, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with all of you
Or, more commonly
It is proper and right to sing to You, bless You, praise You, thank You and worship You in all places of Your dominion; for You are God ineffable, beyond comprehension, invisible, beyond understanding, existing forever and always the same; You and Your only begotten Son and Your Holy Spirit [Holy Anaphora]
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)
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."
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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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