Monday, May 16, 2011

Two questions for Trinitarians?

I've read different stances coming from different Trinitarians on these two questions:

1) Are the persons of the Trinity separate and distinct or distinct only in the Godhead?
2) Does Jesus' full human nature have red blood or spirit? 2a) If you say spirit, how is that full human nature?

Thank you.

Additional Details

Thank you for the replies thus far.

To repeat and clarify:

--I've read different stances coming from different Trinitarians only, not Trinitarians and Oneness believers.
--Jesus' full human nature now according to the Hypostatic Union doctrine. As Jesus is "100% man" now,[1] does he have red blood now? (It seems like he would have to in order to be fully or 100% man.)

[1] Pastor Doug Dodd s.b.g., The Hypostatic Union. http://pluto.matrix49.com/15697/?subpages/Hypostatic-Union.shtml
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Let me repeat question 1 using parentheses to make it clearer:
1) Are the persons of the Trinity (separate and distinct) or (distinct only) in the Godhead?

(FTR I have not thumbed down replies.)
Trinitarian Dr. William Lane Craig said that the holy spirit is "separate and distinct" as a person.[2] But Trinitarian apologist Matt Slick says the three persons of the Trinity "are three distinct persons."[3]

[2] Does The Trinity Make Sense? Rabbi Tovia Singer vs William Lane Craig Debate (9:25). http://youtu.be/2lwRTki1js0

[3] The Trinity, the Hypostatic Union, and the Communicatio Idiomatum. http://carm.org/christianity/christian-doctrine/trinity-hypostatic-union-and-communicatio-idiomatum

Also, I've noticed that some Trinitarians reject the Hypostatic Union and say Jesus is only fully divine. Perhaps they do not realize that this denial may amount to monophysitism, "the Christological position that Christ has only one nature, his humanity being absorbed by his Deity, as opposed to the Chalcedonian position which holds that Christ maintains two natures, one divine and one human. As monophysitism is contrary to the orthodox Chalcedonian Creed it has always been considered heretical by the Western Church and most of the Eastern Church." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monophysitism
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Unfortunately, none of the Trinitarians who responded were able to resolve my two questions, nor were any able to edit their replies in accords with my additional details. So, I was left with little choice but to choose this as "BA". [Click on link below to see the "Best Answer."]


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