A second problem with the Reformed conception is the following dilemma. If God the Father was pouring out His wrath on the Second Person of the Trinity, then God was divided against Himself, God the Father hating His own Word.
God could hate the Son only if the Son were another being, that is, if polytheism or Arianism were true.
But if God loved the Son, then it must be another person (besides the Son) whom God was hating during Christ’s Passion. And hence that entails Nestorianism, i.e. that Christ was two persons, one divine and the other human. He loved the divine Son but hated the human Jesus.
Hence the Reformed conception conflicts with the orthodox doctrine of the Trinity
Uh... no.
God cannot be divided. He is the one, true, living God — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The argument leveled by the Romish author here automatically fails because the argument BEGINS from a false premise — that God was divided.
Even in the “arguments” that are presented, the only way to get around God’s inerrant scripture and truth is to basically argue against a straw man and then claim some great point of truth.
God loves us, but hates our sins... right? Then where is the conundrum other than in the minds of false teachers in Rome?
Sorry — you can’t get truth from a straw man. And that is what we have here; and a not too subtle attempt either.
Fail. Try again.
Hoss