I've been thinking about this more in the past few days. I recently taught the philosophy of personalism in one of my classes. One element of this philosophy is the idea that persons, whether human or divine, are essentially relational. This makes a lot of sense, and helps ground belief in the Trinity, perhaps not exclusively, but still, it is worth reflecting on.
This is a great piece on the Trinity. A quick overview of the doctrine that summarizes some of the details regarding the nature of God. Thank you Dr. Parrish.
Technical discussions of the theological details regarding the Trinity always leave me a bit unfulfilled. This is one of the better ones I've encountered. I've tried to study credible resources on the Trinity for several years and have come to a personal conclusion. The three persons of the Trinity appear in the Bible as unique functional manifestations of God as he chooses to present himself to this world. These unique personas reoccur from creation through Revelation to fulfill unique roles in God's plan. To suppose that we can dissect and extrapolate the nature of the individual members of the Trinity into granular theological details, in my view, enters into the territory of a subjective claim to know the Mind of God. That's territory where I fear to tread.
I've been thinking about this more in the past few days. I recently taught the philosophy of personalism in one of my classes. One element of this philosophy is the idea that persons, whether human or divine, are essentially relational. This makes a lot of sense, and helps ground belief in the Trinity, perhaps not exclusively, but still, it is worth reflecting on.
This is a great piece on the Trinity. A quick overview of the doctrine that summarizes some of the details regarding the nature of God. Thank you Dr. Parrish.
Technical discussions of the theological details regarding the Trinity always leave me a bit unfulfilled. This is one of the better ones I've encountered. I've tried to study credible resources on the Trinity for several years and have come to a personal conclusion. The three persons of the Trinity appear in the Bible as unique functional manifestations of God as he chooses to present himself to this world. These unique personas reoccur from creation through Revelation to fulfill unique roles in God's plan. To suppose that we can dissect and extrapolate the nature of the individual members of the Trinity into granular theological details, in my view, enters into the territory of a subjective claim to know the Mind of God. That's territory where I fear to tread.
One will or two?
“Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.” Luke 22:42.
Doesn't this verse show that there are 2 wills, 2 COC's?