A thread just for Timmy: Person

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by Dedicated Mind

I personally don't understand all the oneness dialogue when it goes into hypostasis and other greek terms. I understand oneness as God the Father being the spirit of Christ. The Holy Ghost being the soul of Christ and Jesus the Son being the body of Christ. I guess I subscribe to the empty shell theory. Can someone please explain what is wrong with this view of oneness?

Originally Posted by Praxeas

It makes your savior that died on the cross an impersonal "it"...where as others view the Son not as a mere body but a Person who died for us.

Also what is a soul? How are Father and Holy Spirit not both the same Spirit?

Originally Posted by Dedicated Mind

I don't see how the body, soul, spirit view makes Jesus Christ impersonal. He is Jehova embodied. The holy spirit or soul of christ is the word and the conscience of christ the man and distinct from the omnipresent impersonal spirit in my view.

Do you think christ had a body, soul, spirit distinct from the holy spirit and God the Father?

You said Jesus the Son is the body of Christ...a mere body is not a person. In fact you characterized it as

I guess I subscribe to the empty shell theory

asking for opinions where this is wrong. It's wrong because it makes the Son into a body, not a person. So when the Son prayed it was an empty shell of a body praying to another part..which of those there is a person? The Father which is the Spirit of Christ, the Holy Ghost, which is the soul of Christ or the Son, which is the body of Christ

What do I think? I think Christ is a Person with a Body....Christ and Son are not 2 different things. The Son HAS a body not the son IS the body of someone else.