Trinity DebateIs the Holy Spirit the 3rd person of the Trinity?Jesus emphasized to His apostles that the Father would send them an advocate, and counselor, called the Holy Spirit that proceeds from the Father. There's no dispute here, okay. That's clear in scripture. Maybe you could elaborate on why the Holy Spirit is portrayed as a personality that proceeds from the Father. That's it, though, the Father isn't letting "others" do His work. Himself, God, is doing the work. Jesus and the Spirit came forth from Him and share the same nature and being with Him. If we have more than one personality, we're nuts. Apparently God can exist in such a way and retain coherence and unity. It's a Mystery, with a capital "M". So, God does His work...the will of God is centralized in the Father, making Him the Godhead. Something this hopelessly ingrained in scripture couldn't be an "imported" belief from Hellenistic philosophy. There's no analogue that exists like the Christian concept of God. There's alittle abstract thinking involved, to piece the puzzle together. I don't see how you'd want to give a pass to a passage like Matthew 28:19. The Trinity can't be an imported idea if it IS in the Bible. |
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