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To: Iscool; Deo volente
God is a Triune God, existing as three hypostases in one Godhead, i.e. one being.

Personhood in the Trinity does not match the common Western understanding of "person" as used in the English language—it does not imply an "individual, self-actualized center of free will and conscious activity".

To the ancients, personhood "was in some sense individual, but always in community as well."

Each person is understood as having the one identical essence or nature, not merely similar natures.

To believe that they have different natures or essences is to follow Mormon thought.
6,912 posted on 08/05/2010 6:13:00 AM PDT by Cronos (Omnia mutantur, nihil interit. "Allah": Satan's current status)
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To: Cronos

Then, accordingly each “person” of the Trinity would share the same will and consciousness in the triune “community, being”?


6,922 posted on 08/05/2010 7:36:30 AM PDT by count-your-change (You don't have be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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To: Cronos
Personhood in the Trinity does not match the common Western understanding of "person" as used in the English language—it does not imply an "individual, self-actualized center of free will and conscious activity".

I wasn't curious as to what you felt a person wasn't...I'm curious as to what you feel a perosn of the Godhead IS...

To the ancients, personhood "was in some sense individual, but always in community as well."

This is extremely vague...It's like you claim that the Trinity is three persons but you admit you don't have a clue what that means...

Each person is understood as having the one identical essence or nature, not merely similar natures.

I think we can understand how they are alike...How are they different from each other??? What makes them 3 individually???

6,928 posted on 08/05/2010 7:55:27 AM PDT by Iscool (I don't understand all that I know...)
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