09-21-2008, 01:07 AM
Andrew Gabriel Roth Wrote:You know I am answering all these questions for you throughly I believe and you never seem to respond to my points but just move on to another question, so why are you doing that?
Once I already understand your post, I can move on to a different question, if you do not mind.
Paul Younan Wrote:Spyridon Wrote:Paul Younan Wrote:The CoE does not speak of the "Trinity" is terms of "person", we never apply the term "person" to God.
Why is this? Please elaborate. And while you might use different terminology, you do believe that God is Triune?
It's essentially a cultural and linguistic issue. In the Semitic milieu (which includes Judaism, Messianity and Islam) God is not regarded as a "person" in the sense that human beings are "persons."
As for "Tri-unity", yes in the sense that we believe in 3 Qnume (no English equivalent) in one Keyana ("nature"). The formulation is similar to the Western, except for the usage of the term "person."
What you seem to be suggesting is that there are three manifestations of a unitary being, one being the incarnation of Jesus Christ. What Deacon Paul seems to be suggesting is there are three substances of one nature, albeit without using the term "person." Please forgive me if I'm mistaken.
My church, the Indian Orthodox Church, was founded by St. Thomas the Apostle in 52 A.D. We confess that God is three persons of one essence. And, as Deacon Paul wrote eariler, we share the same Trinitarian belief, albeit with different terminology.