To: Kolokotronis
He did? I'd have thought that scripture writers, especially those of the OT, used anthropomorphic terms to describe what they couldn't understand I have a problem with that approach: it's as though only intellectuals can really "understand" God. Smacks of Gnosticism.
136 posted on
05/06/2009 7:03:52 AM PDT by
TradicalRC
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To: TradicalRC
“: it’s as though only intellectuals can really “understand” God”
No human understands God. The Fathers are quite clear on this.
139 posted on
05/06/2009 7:21:44 AM PDT by
Kolokotronis
(Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated!)
To: TradicalRC; Kolokotronis
I have a problem with that approach: it's as though only intellectuals can really "understand" God. Smacks of Gnosticism Gnosticism did not exhalt intellectualism. Gnostics believed in enigmatic revelation.
142 posted on
05/06/2009 8:49:35 AM PDT by
kosta50
(Don't look up, the truth is all around you)
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