http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/what-is-the-trinity/ an online magazine for spiritual seekers. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:09:23 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/what-is-the-trinity/#comment-4011 Evangelical Patheos Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:24:44 +0000 http://www.bustedhalo.com/?p=7463#comment-4011 I found this article very interesting. While this analogical language is good, it might be found wanting when compared with say, Thomas Aquinas, the father (literally) of systematic theology or more recently, Karl Rahner or Hans Ur von Balthasar. I mean three "expressions," seems to suggest God is not three within God's self. Almost modalistic. And equally modalistic sounding is the "beyond us", "among us," and "within us," hmmmmm ... According to the creeds teh Holy Spirit does not arise from "within us," it proceeds from the Father, and though not Catholic, I would presume it's imparted in baptism as part of sanctifying grace. But I guess that language is a bit stodgy! :-) I found this article very interesting. While this analogical language is good, it might be found wanting when compared with say, Thomas Aquinas, the father (literally) of systematic theology or more recently, Karl Rahner or Hans Ur von Balthasar. I mean three “expressions,” seems to suggest God is not three within God’s self. Almost modalistic. And equally modalistic sounding is the “beyond us”, “among us,” and “within us,” hmmmmm … According to the creeds teh Holy Spirit does not arise from “within us,” it proceeds from the Father, and though not Catholic, I would presume it’s imparted in baptism as part of sanctifying grace. But I guess that language is a bit stodgy! :-)

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