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Originally Posted by H2H
Ok so you say they are educating the layperson? Can I get some good Trinitarian reference material on the rejection of the common usage of persons?
99.9% of Christianity is focused on reaching the lost? You do yourself a disservice.
It never crossed my mind that one should fully understand the godhead to be saved.
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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.”
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