This does not mean that there are degrees of power and glory
in the Godhead and that the Son is less in majesty than the Father.
From what I have read, the argument for this apparent inconsistency is that Jesus» subordination to the Father relates to his role
in the Godhead, not his ontological status; meaning the Father and Son (and presumably the Spirit) are one and equal because Jesus» subordination somehow doesn't affect his being even though it is a position he takes and has taken and will take for all eternity and can do no other.
The feminine dimension
in Godhead which dalit culture seem to have articulated well is yet to be studied and made use of in our feminist theologies.
No, the word «trinity» is never used in the Bible, but there are passages all over the place which reveal that there are three persons
in the Godhead who exist together as one God.
Perhaps, as John Cobb suggests, the mischief is wrought by conceiving of God the Father as a distinct persona
in the Godhead.
He saw that among all the ways of communicating Himself there is none so excellent as that of joining Himself to a created nature in such a way that the creature would be engrafted and implanted
in the Godhead so as to become with it one single person.
We should emphasize, though, that the self - kenosis of God is not a negative occurrence
in the Godhead but a positive movement whose purpose is that of bringing about relationship to God's other.
In the Godhead, three distinct persons exist in a relationship of love in community, communion and in communication.
is the godhead in Jesus or is Jesus
in the godhead?
i have a sincere quest ion i am not trying to be critical in any way do you believe there is a hierrchy
in the Godhead??
The unity that exists
in the Godhead is a missionary unity.
The writer described the Spirit, in a phrase I have not forgotten, as «the humblest person
in the Godhead.»
The Cappadocian fathers in the early church meant by that Greek word «abiding modes of being and activity»; Thomas Aquinas spoke in the Middle Ages of the «persons» of the Triunity as «relations
in Godhead.»
They built cults of personality with
themselves in the Godhead position — as is happening in North Korea right now.
The Mormon Church was affected by Joseph Smith however, who wanted polygamy, masonry and a teaching of multiple persons
in the godhead.
It is comprehensible for one thing, only if Jesus was and is pre-existent
in the Godhead before the Incarnation, and in that Reality of God knows, wills, and sees all His meaning and purpose in the world of men.
Then go, plunge
yourself in the Godhead's deepest sea; be lost in his immensity; and you shall come forth as from a couch of rest, refreshed and invigorated.
In his godhead begotten of the Father without beginning before all time; in his manhood born of Mary, in the fullness of time, in a united body.
By speaking of three «ways» you are trying to steer clear of the language of «persons»
in the Godhead.
Yes, forsaken, only truth can come from the lips of Jesus, he was forsaken (
in Godhead).
Although the identification of God as Urizen or Satan is a consistent and dominant theme of Blake's work, his later writings record a dark, if powerful, vision of a contrary motif, a vision of a kenotic movement
in the Godhead leading to the redemption of a cosmic humanity.
They directed the people's faith away from mythological gods and onto themselves, effectively having put
themselves in the godhead position.
Monogamy reflects monotheism (Christians might say the relational
in the Godhead) and also the covenant between God and Israel.
The Father, the Son and the Spirit are always and at every moment united
in the Godhead.
Not exact matches
Can you say why, for example, you do not believe
in Amaterasu or Vishnu or
Godhead?
The three Persons of the
Godhead are
in perfect unity now and for ever.
At its heart, Luther's early theology is marked by a strong emphasis on what the scholastics called uncreated grace, grace as the presence of the uncreated God, and on the transformation of the human heart by God
in the utter transcendence of His
Godhead.
His mystical theology of uncreated grace, the purifying encounter with God
in His very
Godhead, is henceforth anchored to the preaching and ritual of the Church as the concrete locus of God's certain, undialectical presence.
Each loves the other, because each sees
in the other the Infinity of the
Godhead, the beauty of Divinity, the Supreme Truth of God.
Though the Acta Pilati purports to be a report by Pontius Pilate containing evidence of Jesus Christ's messiahship and
godhead, there is no record
in early Christian lore of Pilate's conversion to Christianity.
The word «believeth» is used many times like
in John 3:16, but the Bible never says a correct 100 % understanding of the
Godhead is necessary for a person to be saved.
Mormons believe the nature of the «Holy Trinity» to be that the
Godhead is «one
in purpose» just like a man and a woman are commanded to «become one» or «become as one»
in the bible.
Although Christ is a Person of the
Godhead and yet
in His days on earth the following statement was a valid one: «For
in him dwelleth all the fulness of the
Godhead bodily.
Jesus was with God
in the beginning when God said, Let us make... Jesus is the second person of the
Godhead which we call the Holy Trinity being the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit» Please look up the following Scriptures: John 1:3, Romans 11:36, 1 Corinthians 8:6 and Colossians 1:15 - 16.
We do not ascribe to the «trinity» belief of all
in 1, they are separate beings and make up the
Godhead.
The triune
godhead originates
in ancient Babylon long before the establishment of Christianity
in the first century.
The Only witness (
in flesh) of the Father (For
in Him dwells all the fullness of the
Godhead bodily)!
Yet, we are such hopeless sinners
in ourselves that we need a person of the
Godhead, the Spirit, to dwell
in us and to overcome our sinful body, which is completely damned.
While Keen claims that this element is found
in one's autobiography, Moltmann asserts that this beginning point is discovered
in the universal cry for freedom which extends even to the
Godhead.
The dissolution of this opposition takes place only when each form of the
Godhead, by virtue of its inherent independence, dissolves itself
in itself: «Therefore that element which has for its essence, not independent self - existence but simple being, is what empties and abandons itself, gives itself unto death, and so reconciles Absolute Being with its own self.»
In Man, therefore, matter is subsumed and transformed into a more perfect state by direct union with the
Godhead and the indwelling of theHoly Spirit.
In other words, the earthly, matter - bound origin of human nature calls forth God's greatest act of loving care and humility — the Incarnation of God the Word through which humanity is united to Godhead in a union more intimate than with any other creature and gradually raised to immortalit
In other words, the earthly, matter - bound origin of human nature calls forth God's greatest act of loving care and humility — the Incarnation of God the Word through which humanity is united to
Godhead in a union more intimate than with any other creature and gradually raised to immortalit
in a union more intimate than with any other creature and gradually raised to immortality.
Next,
in a fascinating chapter on sport, Schall draws an analogy between the fundamental human experience of being wrapped up
in watching a good game of sport, and contemplation of the
Godhead.
I want
in this article to explore a sacramental vision, a kind of «seeing beyond», that is empowered by faith
in the God - man who reveals the transcendental attributes of beauty, goodness and truth of the
Godhead.
I would suggest, rather, that scholasticism apprehends the abstract potency of the
Godhead, while a radical and dialectical theology is
in quest of the meaning of the final actualization and realization of that potency, and therefore
in quest of the meaning of the ultimate victory of Christ.
Sunday worship is also an event for those making a transition to life
in the Spirit, since the trinitarian liturgy invites and provides for an explicit experience of the presence of the
Godhead in the Spirit.
This vision arises
in the context of a new and apocalyptic understanding of the «Mystery» of the
Godhead.
Prayers of adoration, praise, and thanksgiving for the
Godhead in and of themselves may pass over the heads of most congregants.
The
Godhead were again housing themselves
in tents, living tents of congregations indwelt by the Spirit.
When faith is understood
in this sense, there can be no question of a transformation of faith itself
in response to the movement of the
Godhead.