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Do Mormons actually believe in any sort of supreme being/ultimate reality/"Absolute"?
From what I've heard about the Mormon God, he doesn't actually seem to fit the description of "supreme being" and rather seems more like a polytheistic Greek or Hindu God.
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What is the biblical basis for the personhood of the Holy Spirit?
According to Trinitarian theology, the Holy Trinity consists of three persons (τρεῖς ὑποστάσεις), the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, who share the same essence/nature (ὁμοούσιος). What is the ...
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Why is the Trinity a Trinity? [closed]
It's well established and accepted by most Christians that God is triune, consisting of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
However, while talking with a friend earlier about Wisdom (from Proverbs), I ...
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Which Jesus died or in what sense did Jesus ("God") die for our sins
Jesus is "fully God" & "fully man". Jesus (the man) is made up of body+spirit(+soul). Jesus (God) is a spirit.
Which of these "natures" died for us, considering that:
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What is the Biblical evidence that there are ONLY three persons in the "Trinity"?
(This is a followup to the various answers for the question What is the Biblical basis for the doctrine of the Trinity?)
The specific concept of 'trinity' isn't specifically spelled out in the Bible. ...
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According to the Catholic Church, why is God called “Father” (and not, say, “Mother”)?
Throughout the Bible, Jesus specifically refers to God as Father, and us as his sons.
Why is it significant that God is a Father? Why did God choose the image of “Father,” as opposed to other ...
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Why were ousia and hypostasis synonymous in the Nicene Creed?
Why were ousia and hypostasis synonymous in the Nicene Creed?
In the original 325 A.D. Nicene Creed, an anathema is included which has ousia and hypostasis as synonymous. In this case, the Trinity is ...
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What is the earliest clear and unambiguous post-NT affirmation of the Holy Spirit's personhood in Christianity?
I have two very related questions:
What is the earliest recorded post-NT instance of a clear and unambiguous affirmation that the Holy Spirit is a Person, distinct from the Father and the Son, in the ...
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According to Protestantism why did God choose the persona of a Father?
Throughout the Bible, God uses the persona of a Father. Jesus specifically refers to God as Father, and us as his sons. Why is it significant that God is a Father? And why did God choose the nature ...
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According to Trinitarianism, is Jesus God Almighty?
First of all I want a Trinitarian answer.
Is it proper to say that Jesus is God Almighty? The Scriptures are very clear but they (and the church fathers) are very clear that the Father is God ...
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Does the Catholic's Trinity doctrine imply that the Unitarian God Multiplied into Three persons by Generating the other Two?
Does the cause-effect and begotten doctrine of the Eastern and Roman Catholic Church imply a division or multiplication in the nature of God? Unitarian God (Father) begets or caused into effect the ...
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From a trinitarian perspective, how do you biblically reconcile Jesus dying and Jesus being God?
I've heard non-trinitarians say, "The Bible says God can't die, therefore Jesus isn't God.
First of all, does the Bible even say that God can't die (I assume it does, or at least it implies it). ...
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Which Ante-Nicene Church Fathers believed that Jesus is the "eternal Son" of the Father?
Economic trinitarianism, in the pre-Nicene sense of the phrase, says that God is a monad who becomes tripartite for the purposes of creation and redemption. Forms of this view were held by Justin ...
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According to Trinitarian theology of Calvinism, was the Word (2nd person of the Trinity) missing from heaven when He (the Word) incarnated on Earth?
What I mean with "missing from heaven" is something like this :
A. Only the first and the third persons of the Trinity were in heaven because the second person was on Earth.
Example:
Q : Where is ...
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How do the Father and Son differ if they have the same particular essence?
My question assumes ousia in Christian orthodoxy means a particular (not universal) essence or form, and not a concrete instantiation (hypostasis).
If the Father and Son have the same ousia, where are ...
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Did the Father and Holy Spirit become man?
According to Trinitarian theology, the second person of the triune god became man. The second person of the triune god is also fully god, and since there is only one god, the second person of the ...
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Trinitarian Ontology... What is it? Being vs person vs essence vs _______
I will try to ask this unique question again. How can we answer here without defining simple words used to define God?
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From Wikipedia:
Ontology addresses questions of how entities are ...
