God is relative, and everything is relative to God. But not only is God relative to us, and we relative to him, God is also relative from before the foundation of the whole creation.
Christianity has ordinarily been understood as one of the monotheistic religions, but monotheism is not adequate term for the God of the Christian religion. This "category" that we "place" God in is too broad a term. Christianity is more particularly a "trinitarian monotheism."
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- WRoark
- Professor of Christian Studies and Philosophy for more than thirty years. Author of Think like an Octopus: The Key to Becoming a Good Thinker. Now the blogosphere is my classroom. I am a contrarian, challenger of the status quo, a voice from a differing perspective. When I retired, I took off my watch, my shoes, let others answer the phone, and refuse to hurry, unless life is at stake.
2 comments:
Regarding your comment on the inadequacy of the category "monotheism", we were singing a song in church this morning that declare God to be "three in one". As I was savoring the words I sang, I wondered if the description might be better rendered "three AND one" to better relate the inseparable essence of the "tri-unity" of God.
Or is that a distinction without a difference?
Will,
I suspect three AND one would be more likely to sound as if you were speaking of two separate entities: the three, and the one.
Good to hear from you.
I'm still sorry for spooking you at the Chicago wedding rehearsal by calling out your name.
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