tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post1648234568306219149..comments2024-03-14T08:15:15.207-07:00Comments on CADRE Comments: Ethics and the Third Person--an introduction to the Holy SpiritBKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01967809861892681780noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-3469368631619089182007-08-16T06:49:00.000-07:002007-08-16T06:49:00.000-07:00[This is also a footnote I thought would be too di...[This is also a footnote I thought would be too disruptive to the flow of the text, to be included above.]<BR/><BR/>Christians of the Eastern Orthodoxy may not agree with one of those points--specifically that the 3rd Person of God's Unity proceeds from the Unity of 1st and 2nd persons. They will agree the Holy Spirit proceeds at least from the Father; and certainly that there is supposed to be Jason Pratthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01602238179676591394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-40024566616459829722007-08-16T06:47:00.000-07:002007-08-16T06:47:00.000-07:00[This is also a comment I thought would be too dis...[This is also a comment I thought would be too disruptive to the flow of the text to include above.]<BR/><BR/>The Nicene theologians arrived at this conclusion in the early 4th century--further polished in following centuries--in a somewhat different fashion than I have just done. But I am not applying to any specific Nicene authority or argumentation. For a highly detailed analysis of the Jason Pratthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01602238179676591394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-73715425338603360782007-08-16T06:45:00.000-07:002007-08-16T06:45:00.000-07:00[This is a footnote comment I thought would be too...[This is a footnote comment I thought would be too disruptive to the flow of the text to include above.]<BR/><BR/>My conclusion above is that <I>because</I> God must be a Unity, not a singularity, then this principle translates into the necessary existence of a Third Person for personal spiritual contact with created persons. My conclusion is <I>not</I> that God must be a Unity, instead of a Jason Pratthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01602238179676591394noreply@blogger.com