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Originally Posted by Curious
Now I have long had this question. Why does LC-speak use the word 'triune' but not the word 'trinity' to describe God? Mostly but not exclusively, the rest of Christendom uses the word trinity to describe the 'three-in-one' nature of God.
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Is it the same with the employment of the
word 'saint’.
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The Catholic Church invented the word Trinity’. I can only suppose Née/Lee invented a deviation from the word Trinity so as not to sound so Catholic.
In my time in the LC I heard the word Godhead used periodically. Growing up Catholic I heard the word Trinity. It is no secret, denominations came from the RCC.
I consulted Biblegateway which has a ton of translations.
I found 3 scriptures in the KJ using “Godhead”. I did not see the Trinity or Triune used in any translation. Other translations use “divine nature” or “deity” when referring to the Godhead.
I don’t know if the recovery version uses the word Triune.
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I have heard a few pastors refer to their congregation as saints. It is biblical to refer to living believers in the LORD as saints. But only in the LC did l hear the congregants refer to each other as saints. I never heard them refer to believers outside the LC perimeters as saints. They were just Christians.
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As for “young people”, in the early and mid 70s, San Diego was comprised of 80-90 young people under the age of 30. We were known as a young people’s church for that reason. Every time we had a guest “elder” come minister to us from a different locality they were always pleasantly surprised to see so many young people under 30. I think we were about 125-150 members.
Oh...and speaking of LC speak, the word localities is used in the LC, parishes in the RCC and wards in the Mormon church. I think the JWs call their buildings Kingdom Halls. I don’t know what other denominations call their ‘parishes’.