Trinity
Posted: Sun May 15, 2005 11:11 pm
two questions... at gotquestions.org it says this:
The trinity is not three separate Gods nor is it one God who manifests himself in three different ways or roles. Each person in the Trinity, God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit are fully God yet they are distinct in their relationship with each other and in their primary functions in relating to the world.
I dont understand the difference between it saying that the Trinity is not one God in three different ways or roles, but that they are distinct in their relationship with each other adn in their primary functions in relating to the world and that they all are God. Sorry i think that was a confusing way to see it, but i guess i dont understand the difference between God manifesting himself in three ways, and there being three seperate functions of God as these beings? is it bad to say the word beings in terms of them or this?
also from a rather unreliable source i heard that there is also a Holy Ghost in addition to the Holy Spirit, God, and Jesus, and there also was some name for either the Holy Ghost or for something like this? i think that the Holy Ghost and Holy Spirit are the same thing, and have no idea where this other information was obtained, so your thoughts on that would be great, but the question that really brought this up is if there is any indication of the Holy Spirit as being female, Jesus, being a man, is male, and God is called the Father which also represents maleness,(didnt know how to say it), but in a patriarchal world for the most part Father is the best term to use probably and may not neccesarily mean gender... your thoughts on this? or something... thank you
The trinity is not three separate Gods nor is it one God who manifests himself in three different ways or roles. Each person in the Trinity, God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit are fully God yet they are distinct in their relationship with each other and in their primary functions in relating to the world.
I dont understand the difference between it saying that the Trinity is not one God in three different ways or roles, but that they are distinct in their relationship with each other adn in their primary functions in relating to the world and that they all are God. Sorry i think that was a confusing way to see it, but i guess i dont understand the difference between God manifesting himself in three ways, and there being three seperate functions of God as these beings? is it bad to say the word beings in terms of them or this?
also from a rather unreliable source i heard that there is also a Holy Ghost in addition to the Holy Spirit, God, and Jesus, and there also was some name for either the Holy Ghost or for something like this? i think that the Holy Ghost and Holy Spirit are the same thing, and have no idea where this other information was obtained, so your thoughts on that would be great, but the question that really brought this up is if there is any indication of the Holy Spirit as being female, Jesus, being a man, is male, and God is called the Father which also represents maleness,(didnt know how to say it), but in a patriarchal world for the most part Father is the best term to use probably and may not neccesarily mean gender... your thoughts on this? or something... thank you