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To: DaveMSmith
You really cannot admit the definition of "The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are not identical with one another nor separate from one another but simply three distinct persons (personae) of one substance (una substantia)" for persona(s) does not exist other than your own mind, can you?

Reality doesn't exist in my mind dave.

All of Swedenborg's works translate concisely to English.

bzzzzzzt wrong dave. there is no 1:1 translation ever. Only in your mind.

The problem is persona does not exist in the context of the Trinity in Scripture.

wrong again dave, it does and an example is found in John 1:1

85 posted on 12/18/2012 1:39:48 PM PST by Godzilla (3/7/77)
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To: Godzilla
Where? Here are the results for persona* in the Vulgate Bible:

23. NA. Latin Vulgate; Gospel According to Saint Matthew [paragraph | Chapter | Book] 15 tunc abeuntes Pharisaei consilium inierunt ut caperent eum in sermone

16 et mittunt ei discipulos suos cum Herodianis dicentes magister scimus quia verax es et viam Dei in veritate doces et non est tibi cura de aliquo non enim respicis personam hominum

17 dic ergo nobis quid tibi videatur licet censum dare Caesari an non

18 cognita autem Iesus nequitia eorum ait quid me temptatis hypocritae

19 ostendite mihi nomisma census at

24. NA. Latin Vulgate; Gospel According to Saint Luke [paragraph | Chapter | Book] 20 et observantes miserunt insidiatores qui se iustos simularent ut caperent eum in sermone et traderent illum principatui et potestati praesidis

21 et interrogaverunt illum dicentes magister scimus quia recte dicis et doces et non accipis personam sed in veritate viam Dei doces

22 licet nobis dare tributum Caesari an non

23 considerans autem dolum illorum dixit ad eos quid me temptatis

24 ostendite mihi denarium cuius habet

25. NA. Latin Vulgate; The Acts Of The Apostles [paragraph | Chapter | Book] 33 confestim igitur misi ad te et tu bene fecisti veniendo nunc ergo omnes nos in conspectu tuo adsumus audire omnia quaecumque tibi praecepta sunt a Domino

34 aperiens autem Petrus os dixit in veritate conperi quoniam non est personarum acceptor Deus

35 sed in omni gente qui timet eum et operatur iustitiam acceptus est illi

36 verbum misit filiis Israhel adnuntians pacem per Iesum Christum hic est omnium Dominus

86 posted on 12/18/2012 1:47:57 PM PST by DaveMSmith (Evil Comes from Falsity, So Share the Truth)
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