Can it accurately be said that God is the Father - and the Son - and the Holy Spirit ?
Or is it preferable to say that:
the Father is God
the Son is God
the Holy Spirit is God ?
Or are both kinds of talk equally legitimate, in different settings ?
It is obvious that to say “God is X”, means something different from “X is God”. And it goes without saying that the Holy Trinity is so infinitely profound a mystery that it cannot be fully grasped by created beings.
It seems very difficult to avoid some kind of Modalism OTOH, or tritheism OTO.
Or is it preferable to say that:
the Father is God
the Son is God
the Holy Spirit is God ?
Or are both kinds of talk equally legitimate, in different settings ?
It is obvious that to say “God is X”, means something different from “X is God”. And it goes without saying that the Holy Trinity is so infinitely profound a mystery that it cannot be fully grasped by created beings.
It seems very difficult to avoid some kind of Modalism OTOH, or tritheism OTO.
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