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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah
Yes there are many processes that apply equally to us and Jesus. To say that Jesus experienced them all is fair. However, to say a baby "became" fully developed in the womb is also very understandable.
My point is simply that the apostles used the term "became" not "processed". There are other terms they didn't use which we use today, so that alone is not an error, but it does raise the very reasonable question -- why? What are you adding, or revealing with this term? Since the derivation is from the term "became" what was missing from the word became?
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ZNP
The term “processed” adds clarity that what is being referred to is related to what God does and not what God is. The Bible says that the Word became flesh and the last Adam became a life giving Spirit… Not God became flesh and God became a life giving Spirit even though Christ is God. Orthodoxy says that the two becomings of Christ are economical not an essential becoming in the Godhead therefore it is prudent to add clarification using our modern terminology to describe it. For me whenever I hear the term the processed Triune God I immediately think of the steps related to His actions upon and with His creation.....incarnation, human living, crucifixion, resurrection, ascension, enthronement, and becoming the Firstborn among many brothers. Meanwhile, I also am assured by explaining God in this way that I, and any of my hearers, am not referring to what the Godhead is in essence. The term “processed Triune God” distinguishes what we are talking about from what we are not talking about concerning God.
That does not mean that purposefully or through careless neglect some people wont still misunderstand but that does not relieve us of our responsibility to provide as much clarity as possible about what we mean
Drake