Posted by Mark Schacknow on November 17, 19100 at 18:28:52:
In Reply to: Arian heresy posted by Sergio Blume on June 20, 1998 at 07:17:50:
: Was the Arian heresy the denying of divinity of Jesus Christ ? I think not at all,Jesus has divine
: origin,He is the Son of God,same sustance but not
: coeternal,in other words there was a time that Jesus was not,but the Father was,since the Father
: is eternal,no beginning no ending,Jesus may have
: no ending at all,but He had a beginning,since he is the beloved Son of God,the Arian heresy is the
: great claim against the tradition of the trinity,
: which was never mentioned by Jesus,but by other non christian religions,with a great influence during the days of Jesus (much earlier Egyptians had their trinity too,so did the later cultures,
: up to the romans themselves,with the helenic tradition)there's no trinity,we must worship 1 God
: the creator of all exiting things,otherwise we may
: fall into paganism
The gospel of John seems to confuse hords of people which is what it's set up to do. If a person will look up matt 13:34 and 13:13 one will see why Jesus seperated the sheep from goats with his words. John 1:1 can be understood if understanding is taken from rev 3:13-end. To those that are not born again, this can not be understood. God is the Father, Jesus is the Son, and the Holy Spirit is one of God's spirits not a person. matt 13:34
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