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Does the anthropomorphic language of the Trinity as "Father" and "Son" aid or distort Christian understanding of the Trinity?

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Does the anthropomorphic language of the Trinity as "Father" and "Son" aid or distort Christian understanding of the Trinity? Empty Does the anthropomorphic language of the Trinity as "Father" and "Son" aid or distort Christian understanding of the Trinity?

Post by Admin Mon Jul 24, 2017 4:08 pm

Olivier Clement "The Father is the God beyond all..." In other words, in non-anthropomorphic terms, "Father" is the Transcendent dimension of God-- the transcendent Dimension of God in which all creation dwells; the very Glory of God beyond creation. Do you find this non-anthropomorphic view of the "Father" is clarifying? I do.
Clement also offers a non-anthropomorphic definition of the Logos as That which "gives form to the world...." The Logos is creative divine Knowing, "through which all things are made" (John 1:16). This non-anthropomorphic view of Logos (rather than "Son") invites us to intuit, and delight in, the Presence of God omnipresent in nature. How fantastic is that!


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Post by CGT Mon Jul 24, 2017 5:43 pm

The word "Father" can be used as a helpful metaphor to refer to "the God beyond all," however, it becomes unhelpful when one takes the metaphor too literally or seriously. Viewing God as literally a Father in an anthropomorphic sense could further limit one's already inevitably limited conception of God to a role that exists on a human level, but not on a divine level.

I think it is worth striving to align one's view of God with the truth as much as possible within the limitations of a human perspective and that it is good to remain humble about our inability to come close to fully understanding God.
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