12-09-2013, 01:12 AM
Hi Matthew.
Well, first "Qnuma" is not a manifestation. In fact there is no direct English cognate to Qnuma. Actually there is no cognate in any other known language. The attempt to equate it to Greek terms is what caused the Christological controversies to begin with. As tempting as it might be, just don't go there. Don't do it. <!-- s
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Second, we don't speak of God in the term of "person." Person is relevant only to humans. God is not a person. The Incarnation of the Messiah is a person, a unity of His Divinity and His Humanity. But that personhood isn't extended to the divine kyana.
So both moralism and polytheism are shamed by the orthodox confession.
+Shamasha
Well, first "Qnuma" is not a manifestation. In fact there is no direct English cognate to Qnuma. Actually there is no cognate in any other known language. The attempt to equate it to Greek terms is what caused the Christological controversies to begin with. As tempting as it might be, just don't go there. Don't do it. <!-- s
--><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s -->. Second, we don't speak of God in the term of "person." Person is relevant only to humans. God is not a person. The Incarnation of the Messiah is a person, a unity of His Divinity and His Humanity. But that personhood isn't extended to the divine kyana.
So both moralism and polytheism are shamed by the orthodox confession.
+Shamasha