Comments on: How Is Jesus The Son of God?

By: Jesus, God and the Gospel of Men | The Bible Archive

Jesus, God and the Gospel of Men | The Bible Archive — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:52:49 +0000

[...] a quote from myself regarding the Son of God language in regard to Christ: Whereas you have a King being declared a functional son of God in regards to [...]

By: rey

rey — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 20:41:45 +0000

I struggle with that in the creed. Like okay, in his nature, ontologically speaking, he is God. That I get. Same way like in his nature, the Holy Spirit is God. But would I use the term the “ontological Holy Spiritness of the Holy Spirit”? Would we speak of the eternal Spiritness of the Holy Spirit? And honestly, isn’t the Father also Spirit and described as Holy? I’m not trying to flatten the trinity here (nor am I suggesting that is how it should be read) but the ideas are beyond me. And Yeah, I know, that sounds silly and a bit of a word-play but I need to think about how to present that better beyond a comment. heh

By: JasonS

JasonS — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 18:57:50 +0000

I think you have a good point.
I also think that there is the ontological Sonship of Jesus. He is the Son of God in the sense that He is the eternally only begotten Son-the Word. http://pastoralmusings.wordpress.com/2009/01/01/the-eternal-sonship-of-jesus-christ/

By: Rey’s A Point » Death of the Comic Book Hero

Rey’s A Point » Death of the Comic Book Hero — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 20:09:42 +0000

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