Resurrexi Posted December 29, 2006 Posted December 29, 2006 I am a Trinitarian, and I believe all the Dogmata of the Holy Catholic Church concerning the Blessed Trinity, as well as in all other matters. What do you believe concerning the Blessed Trinity?
catholimaniac Posted December 29, 2006 Posted December 29, 2006 [quote]What do you believe concerning the Blessed Trinity?[/quote] What the Creed says.
Maria Posted December 29, 2006 Posted December 29, 2006 STM, I don't think we have a lot of mormons and JW's visiting.
Katholikos Posted December 30, 2006 Posted December 30, 2006 [quote name='Maria' post='1151676' date='Dec 29 2006, 07:30 PM'] STM, I don't think we have a lot of mormons and JW's visiting. [/quote]As I understand it, JW's and Mormons are neither Trinitarian nor Arian. ??? JW's believe Jesus is Michael the Archangel. Mormons believe Jesus and Lucifer (aka Satan) are brothers. ---------------------------- Blessed Father Damien, pray for us!
Resurrexi Posted December 30, 2006 Author Posted December 30, 2006 [quote]JW's believe Jesus is Michael the Archangel. Mormons believe Jesus and Lucifer (aka Satan) ar[/quote] Talk about weird.
exquisitebones Posted December 30, 2006 Posted December 30, 2006 [quote name='StThomasMore' post='1151849' date='Dec 29 2006, 09:10 PM'] Talk about weird. [/quote] yeah... you think thats all thats weird about them.. try me.. my father in law is a JW..... NUTS! thats all i am saying. he came into [b]my[/b] house, took one look at the crucifix on the wall above the dining room... and says "[i]you know Jesus was not crucified on a cross, right... it was a long pole."[u][/u][/i] and i am like... WUT? jeeeez. dont even get me started on JW's....
Thy Geekdom Come Posted December 30, 2006 Posted December 30, 2006 [quote name='exquisitebones' post='1151997' date='Dec 30 2006, 02:13 AM'] yeah... you think thats all thats weird about them.. try me.. my father in law is a JW..... NUTS! thats all i am saying. he came into [b]my[/b] house, took one look at the crucifix on the wall above the dining room... and says "[i]you know Jesus was not crucified on a cross, right... it was a long pole."[u][/u][/i] and i am like... WUT? jeeeez. dont even get me started on JW's.... [/quote] Yeah, they have some very creative views. There's only one problem with their view on the Crucifixion. St. Paul said that He died with the gesture of an eternal priest...that is, arms outstretched, not arms held up over and behind the head. Furthermore, we see prefigurements...Moses had to hold his arms out during the battle of Israel. This has long been interpreted as a sign so that the Father would look on Moses and see the cross and pour out the graces needed in view of what the battle would ultimately lead to: the freedom of Israel, thus the lineage of Jesus, thus the cross. Also, the Prophet Elijah, upon seeing the widow's dead son, spread out his arms and laid on top of him, praying for him to be restored to life...this also is a form of the cross...that in the sign of the cross, God could heal even before Christ was crucified in time. As for the Greek text, it's ambiguous at best.
Didacus Posted December 30, 2006 Posted December 30, 2006 The Father, Son and Holy Spirit are homoousius, of the same substance.
homeschoolmom Posted December 30, 2006 Posted December 30, 2006 [quote name='Raphael' post='1152117' date='Dec 30 2006, 10:31 AM'] Yeah, they have some very creative views. There's only one problem with their view on the Crucifixion. St. Paul said that He died with the gesture of an eternal priest...that is, arms outstretched, not arms held up over and behind the head. Furthermore, we see prefigurements...Moses had to hold his arms out during the battle of Israel. This has long been interpreted as a sign so that the Father would look on Moses and see the cross and pour out the graces needed in view of what the battle would ultimately lead to: the freedom of Israel, thus the lineage of Jesus, thus the cross. Also, the Prophet Elijah, upon seeing the widow's dead son, spread out his arms and laid on top of him, praying for him to be restored to life...this also is a form of the cross...that in the sign of the cross, God could heal even before Christ was crucified in time. As for the Greek text, it's ambiguous at best. [/quote] I've also heard that the layout of the tribes of Israel camped around the tabernacle makes a cross (from the air, of course).
goldenchild17 Posted December 31, 2006 Posted December 31, 2006 John 1 tells us that the Word was God and was with God in the beginning. Trinitarian works for me.
Resurrexi Posted December 31, 2006 Author Posted December 31, 2006 Yeah, I love John's writings, espeically the Comma Johanneum. [quote] The Father, Son and Holy Spirit are homoousius, of the same substance. [/quote] Yes, the Father, Son and Holy Ghost are consubstantial.
Thy Geekdom Come Posted December 31, 2006 Posted December 31, 2006 [quote name='homeschoolmom' post='1152132' date='Dec 30 2006, 10:49 AM'] I've also heard that the layout of the tribes of Israel camped around the tabernacle makes a cross (from the air, of course). [/quote] Hmmm...that would be interesting. I want to look into that.
Knight of the Holy Rosary Posted December 31, 2006 Posted December 31, 2006 (edited) [quote]Mormons believe Jesus and Lucifer (aka Satan) are brothers.[/quote] I have never heard about the Mormon view of Jesus..... Where in the world did they get this masterpeice???? Edited December 31, 2006 by Knight of the Holy Rosary
N/A Gone Posted December 31, 2006 Posted December 31, 2006 I am trinitarian, but the closest thing I would have to heresy here is that in the process of trinitarian development I sometimes have issues acknowledging the spirit in the same way that I acknowledge the father and son. I dont confess different, but sometimes our theological language and focus either turns the spirit into some sort of hippy essence not personified as the father and son, or as some sort of divine puppy along for a ride with daddy and boy
Laudate_Dominum Posted December 31, 2006 Posted December 31, 2006 [quote name='Knight of the Holy Rosary' post='1152939' date='Dec 31 2006, 02:22 PM'] I have never heard about the Mormon view of Jesus..... Where in the world did they get this masterpeice???? [/quote] I know, it reminds me of the Osiris myth (among others). I've heard that Joseph Smith was heavily into pagan myths and jazz so maybe that was the inspiration?
Katholikos Posted December 31, 2006 Posted December 31, 2006 [quote name='Knight of the Holy Rosary' post='1152939' date='Dec 31 2006, 02:22 PM'] I have never heard about the Mormon view of Jesus..... Where in the world did they get this masterpeice???? [/quote]It originated in the mind of Joseph Smith, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) in 1831. "God is a glorified and perfected man, a personage of flesh and bones . . ." [i]Doctrine & Covenants[/i] 130:22. "Every person who was ever born on earth was our spririt brother or sister in heaven. The first spirit born to our heavenly parents [Heavenly Father and his wives - plural] was Jesus Christ" [i]Gospel Principles[/i], page 9. "We needed a Savior ... Our oldest brother, Jesus Christ, who was then called Jehovah, said "Here am I, send me." [i]ibid[/i] p. 15 [b]. . .[/b] "Satan, who was called Lucifer, also came, saying: Behold, here I am, send me..." [i]ibid[/i], p. 15 "Because our Heavenly Father chose Jesus Christ to be our Savior, Satan became angry and rebelled. There was war in heaven. Satan and his followers fought against Jesus and his followers" [i]ibid[/i], page 16 [The story continues.] Source: [i]Gospel Principles,[/i] published by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1988, Salt Lake City, Utah.
she_who_is_not Posted January 1, 2007 Posted January 1, 2007 I believe in the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Praise God!
N/A Gone Posted January 1, 2007 Posted January 1, 2007 what would my pseudo heresy be calld? dont tell me ya'll havent almost done it.. The general protestant thing is to either do that, or credit everything to the spirit
goldenchild17 Posted January 2, 2007 Posted January 2, 2007 (edited) [quote name='Revprodeji' post='1153004' date='Dec 31 2006, 04:07 PM'] I am trinitarian, but the closest thing I would have to heresy here is that in the process of trinitarian development I sometimes have issues acknowledging the spirit in the same way that I acknowledge the father and son. I dont confess different, but sometimes our theological language and focus either turns the spirit into some sort of hippy essence not personified as the father and son, or as some sort of divine puppy along for a ride with daddy and boy [/quote] Yeah I think that's something that a lot of people feel like. I can see how the Spirit could be seen as something "else" and something very impersonal. But for me I guess when it says in Genesis 1:2 that the "spirit of God moved over the waters" it makes the Spirit seem more like the active "person" that He is, through His actively doing something on His own, and not just some sort of "reaction" or "feeling" of the Father and the Son. Edited January 2, 2007 by goldenchild17
N/A Gone Posted January 2, 2007 Posted January 2, 2007 yea, if you were to just progress thru trinitarian development it seems as if the spirit is a force, the love between father and son, yet dogmatically that love is personaified/equal to father and son. Yet in the progression..why? yes, just weird.
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