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Originally Posted by awareness
Are you diving into angelology bro aron?
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No more than the Bible does, and - please note well - no less. No less. That is my goal. The Trinitarian Formula seems to lead us away from parts of the scriptural text, because the Formula doesn't fit it. So take your pick.
It seems to me that our knowledge of the actual texts are very, very minimal. Yet we are content. Why? Are our formulas that good, to bypass the text? I understand orthodoxy, and think in many ways it has been used to preserve the tradition. But it too easily becomes an excuse to ignore the words themselves. We have our catechisms, and that seems to largely suffice. I am trying to challenge the Catechism that I grew up on. It may be a laughable attempt that I look back on some time from now.
But I am just trying to find out who Jesus' servants are, that the Roman Centurions alluded to in Luke 7. "I
also have servants under me..." We can ignore this if that makes us more comfortable. Just pay attention to the parts of the text that fit your formula.
And I wonder why Jesus had to leave the disciples before the Holy Spirit could come. Stuff like that. Why can't you get both Jesus and the Holy Spirit? Maybe because one of them always has to be before the throne. So you can't get both of them in the Upper Room. You either get one or the other. One has to be before the Father's face at all times. I just find it interesting, is all.