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by BrotherAlan
Sun Jun 16, 2019 11:48 pm
Forum: The Trinity
Topic: The Holy Spirit - a person??
Replies: 50
Views: 16739

Re: The Holy Spirit - a person??

Hi, y'all-- Since today is for us Catholics a special feastday in honor of the Trinity ("Trinity Sunday"), I thought I'd give a quick response today (btw, happy Fathers' day to alln fathers! The feast of Trinity Sunday actually ties in well with Fathers' day, as this feast is for us Trinitarians a r...
by BrotherAlan
Sun Jun 16, 2019 7:16 am
Forum: Theology Proper, Christology, Pneumatology
Topic: when Jesus died - what actually died?
Replies: 13
Views: 5629

Re: when Jesus died - what actually died?

Dear 21centpilgrim and Paidion, Thank you for your replies…. Providentially and interestingly, this discussion we are having occurs on a day in which we Catholics commemorate the Trinity in a special way (as today, in the Catholic Church, is "Trinity Sunday"). First, to answer your question, 21centp...
by BrotherAlan
Sat Jun 15, 2019 2:00 am
Forum: Roman Catholicism
Topic: Presto Chango!
Replies: 50
Views: 35289

Re: Presto Chango!

Greetings, Homer (and any others still following this thread)— So, I wanted to take a closer look here at the texts from some of the ante-Nicene Fathers that you left last time. First, I will take a look at Clement, then Irenaeus, and, finally, Tertullian. As your previous post contained solid subst...
by BrotherAlan
Fri Jun 14, 2019 10:07 pm
Forum: Theology Proper, Christology, Pneumatology
Topic: when Jesus died - what actually died?
Replies: 13
Views: 5629

Re: when Jesus died - what actually died?

Dear 21centpilgrim,
Are you denying that the Scriptures reveal those things which I stated that they reveal? If so, which of those things do you think the Scriptures do NOT reveal?

In Christ,
BrotherAlan
by BrotherAlan
Fri Jun 14, 2019 3:52 am
Forum: Theology Proper, Christology, Pneumatology
Topic: when Jesus died - what actually died?
Replies: 13
Views: 5629

Re: when Jesus died - what actually died?

The Holy Scriptures reveal to us that the Father is God, that the Son/Word is God, and that the Holy Spirit is God. These same Scriptures also reveal to us that the Father is distinct from the Son, that the Son is distinct from the Holy Spirit, and that the Father, too, is distinct from the Holy Spi...
by BrotherAlan
Thu Jun 13, 2019 7:25 pm
Forum: Theology Proper, Christology, Pneumatology
Topic: when Jesus died - what actually died?
Replies: 13
Views: 5629

Re: when Jesus died - what actually died?

Jesus, Who is God, a Divine Person (Second Person of the Trinity), having both a Divine nature and a human nature, died, but not in His Divine nature (for the Divine nature can't die), but in His human nature. Thus, one can say that "God died" (or, as the ancient saying says, "One of the Trinity die...
by BrotherAlan
Thu Jun 13, 2019 2:58 pm
Forum: Roman Catholicism
Topic: Presto Chango!
Replies: 50
Views: 35289

Re: Presto Chango!

Oh, sorry, just one last comment (for now). Though this is a discussion on the Eucharist (and, currently, a discussion on Clement of Alexandria's teaching on the Eucharist), I do not think it is irrelevant to point out that, all throughout Clement's work, "The Instructor", he has a very Catholic not...
by BrotherAlan
Thu Jun 13, 2019 2:25 pm
Forum: Roman Catholicism
Topic: Presto Chango!
Replies: 50
Views: 35289

Re: Presto Chango!

Oh yea, Homer (and any one else still reading), one other very important thing related to this topic of the Eucharist (and the doctrine of transubstantiation)... The Gnostic notion of Christ "appearing" as man is quite different than the philosophical notion of "substance" and "accidents"; and, this...
by BrotherAlan
Thu Jun 13, 2019 2:10 pm
Forum: Roman Catholicism
Topic: Presto Chango!
Replies: 50
Views: 35289

Re: Presto Chango!

Hey, Homer! So, first, thanks so much for referring me to these various texts-- in particular, Clement of Alexandria's, "The Instructor". For, I had a chance today to read through the first 6 chapters in Book 1 of "The Instructor"--- delightful reading! So, thank you! While I will need to give a mor...
by BrotherAlan
Thu Jun 13, 2019 11:50 am
Forum: The Trinity
Topic: Trinities podcast (John 8:58)
Replies: 29
Views: 16056

Re: Trinities podcast

Thanks, darinhouston, for these posts. I'll have to look over them more thoroughly later when I have a little more time. However, I did look over them briefly just now, and I would say that there are a couple very important principles to keep in mind concerning the doctrine of the Trinity which prin...

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