Interesting Trinitarian Statement - trithestic?

[H2H]

Originally Posted by sola gratia

You wont find them reject the term - but they do attempt to define it better

Trinity (Triunity) of God
J. Hampton Keathley III Dallas Theological Seminary

Person: In speaking of the Triunity, the term “person” is not used in same way it is in ordinary usage in which it means an identity completely distinct from other persons. Actually the word persons could detract from the unity of the Trinity. According to the teaching of Scripture, the three Persons are inseparable, interdependent, and eternally united in one Divine Being.

It is evident that the word “person” is not ideal for the purpose. Orthodox writers have struggled over this term. Some have opted for the term subsistence (the mode or quality of existence), hence, “God has three substances.” Most have continued to use persons because we have not been able to find a better term. “The word substance speaks of God’s essential nature or being and subsistence describes His mode or quality of existence.”

Thanks! As stated earlier this information is not getting to most laypersons. They need to be teaching this at Evangel College and the local baptist churches.

[mizpeh]

Originally Posted by H2H

Thanks! As stated earlier this information is not getting to most laypersons. They need to be teaching this at Evangel College and the local baptist churches.

How would this change the fundamental belief by Trinitarians that the Son is eternal and throughout eternity the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost existed as God with the ability to commune, love, and individually acknowledge the other as not being themselves. The Father is God, the Son is God, the Holy Spirit is God, but these are not the other. There are three (whatever you want to call them ie: persons, personas, substitinences) who can each say "I AM".

[H2H]

Originally Posted by mizpeh

How would this change the fundamental belief by Trinitarians that the Son is eternal and throughout eternity the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost existed as God with the ability to commune, love, and individually acknowledge the other as not being themselves. The Father is God, the Son is God, the Holy Spirit is God, but these are not the other. There are three (whatever you want to call them ie: persons, personas, substitinences) who can each say "I AM".

Because definitions define doctrine. Some of these beliefs are debated and bantered about even under the Oneness umberella.