Questions tagged [persons-of-the-trinity]
The persons, or "hypostases," of the Trinity – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
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Are WLC's arguments against Relative Identity Trinitarianism valid?
In his book Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview, William Lane Craig offers three arguments against Relative Identity.
The first argument regards the alleged "spurious" nature ...
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What are the differences between "spiration" and "procession"?
According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, proceed means:
Full Definition of proceed; intransitive verb
1: to come forth from a source : issue
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Do non-Social Trinitarians believe that "begotten" and "proceeding" are different?
(To clarify, I am asking about Nicene-affirming Trinitarians, just ones that don't accept intra-Godhead emotions)
In the Nicene creed, Jesus is described as: begotten of the Father
While the Holy ...
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What does it mean that the Spirit proceeds from the Father?
The Bible describes the Son as "the only begotten from the Father" (John 1:14). A child is begotten only once. Therefore, I understand "begotten" as a human analogy for how the ...
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What does Eastern Orthodox Christians mean that the Father alone is the one God?
What does Eastern Orthodox Christians mean that the Father is the one God?
I understand that Eastern Orthodox Trinitarianism differs from Unitarianism in that the former teaches three divine persons ...
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How do those who hold to the filiquoe understand 1 Timothy 6:16?
I was thinking about the mention of the Father in the NT with the definite article, first example is John 1:1. In the rest of the NT there is always a theological reverence towards the Father that ...
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Is there a specific term to denote an encounter with the Holy Spirit?
Encounters with God (the Father) are called Theophanies, encounters with Jesus are called Christophanies, but what about encounters with the Holy Spirit? Is there a specific term for an encounter with ...
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Why are the Nicene and Dedication Creeds so different?
The Nicene and Dedication Councils were attended by more or less the same people and were only 16 years apart (325 vs 341) but resulted in opposing creeds. The Nicene Creed is pro-Sabellian but the ...
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