Comments on: Response to Nate on the Plurality of Divinity https://www.timesandseasons.org/index.php/2003/11/response-to-a-hrefhttpwwwtimesandseasonsorgarchives2003_11_01_archivehtml106951086584169187natea-on-the-plurality-of-divinity/ Truth Will Prevail Mon, 06 Aug 2018 17:29:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 By: Aaron Shafovaloff https://www.timesandseasons.org/index.php/2003/11/response-to-a-hrefhttpwwwtimesandseasonsorgarchives2003_11_01_archivehtml106951086584169187natea-on-the-plurality-of-divinity/#comment-10877 Mon, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=86#comment-10877 “The Father is the deity subsisting in the prime, unoriginated and most absolute manner, or the deity in its direct existence. The Son is the deity [eternally] generated by God’s understanding, or having an idea of Himself and subsisting in that idea. The Holy Ghost is the deity subsisting in act, or the divine essence flowing out and breathed forth in God’s infinite love to and delight in Himself. And . . . the whole Divine essence does truly and distinctly subsist both in the Divine idea and Divine love, and that each of them are properly distinct persons.” –Jonathan Edwards

]]> By: clark goble https://www.timesandseasons.org/index.php/2003/11/response-to-a-hrefhttpwwwtimesandseasonsorgarchives2003_11_01_archivehtml106951086584169187natea-on-the-plurality-of-divinity/#comment-10878 Mon, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=86#comment-10878 Aaron’s comments show how influenced by Platonism the mainstream view really is. The Father is the One or ultimate ousia of Platonism. The Son is the Nous while the Spirit has elements of both the logos and the worldsoul. Of course there are clear differences where this scheme had to be modified to keep with scripture.

And of course those familiar with my comments elsewhere recognize that I don’t think we ought to throw out all Greek concepts. (And one should note that at the time of the NT the philosophy of the region was primarily materialistic with the Stoics and Epicureans – of interest when considering Mormon views)

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