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Originally Posted by OBW
I might agree that it does not direclty address the question.
Except that it does address the question about whether to say that God is "one person" is really supportable. I know I like that kind of speaking. But I am now not so sure that is it really supportable.
And all the other verses that I have come up with (probably far from all that should be considered) do not seem to need it to be one way or the other. They just speak to what they speak to, not to this issue.
So maybe that description of the Trinity that mentions "persons" (plural) with respect to the Father, Son, and Spirit, but no mention of "person" with respect to the singularity/oneness of God is not as faulty as we might have thought.
My consideration of the One God is not diminished by this. I do not find fault in the general descriptions of God as a result. Just a different possible understanding of what some of it means.
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The ancient language of One Divine Being or Substance but three distinct Persons is as good as it gets in this age. This language has stood the test of time and is the standard language for orthodox churches throughout the world. We do not have to reinvent the wheel. Lee thrived on iconoclasm and novelty. I rest in the arms of what has been accepted through the centuries and is still received by orthodox churches....ONE SUBSTANCE...THREE PERSONS...Blessed Trinity!