tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6536854065433425156.post3012248259369469377..comments2023-11-02T01:20:32.436-07:00Comments on The Forbidden Gospels: Apocryphote of the Day: 3-27-08April DeConickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06616757055618151612noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6536854065433425156.post-88184295667209757602008-03-29T10:07:00.000-07:002008-03-29T10:07:00.000-07:00So were the Valentinians then considered Modalists...So were the Valentinians then considered Modalists? Or at least this branch of them? I'm not sure of the difference between Modalism and Trinitarianism. The difference seems to be very subtle. Can anyone explain?Richard Edmondsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04141440997369339918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6536854065433425156.post-86365725503940376832008-03-28T14:35:00.000-07:002008-03-28T14:35:00.000-07:00If Jesus and God are the same being created at the...If Jesus and God are the same being created at the same time, why did Jesus choose to refer to himself as God's son? Sons necessarily have to be created at a different time than their fathers. Two beings of the same age are brothers. If a tree bears fruit, the fruit has not always existed.paulfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16727202517182571557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6536854065433425156.post-43114322639619394772008-03-28T10:53:00.000-07:002008-03-28T10:53:00.000-07:00Father...Son....What about the Mother?"nascent fai...Father...Son....<BR/><BR/>What about the Mother?<BR/><BR/>"nascent faith"??R.Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11433343215023187850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6536854065433425156.post-19410057269317720592008-03-28T09:29:00.000-07:002008-03-28T09:29:00.000-07:00Coincidentally, I had just made this comment on an...Coincidentally, I had just made this comment on another forum:<BR/><BR/>"Tertullian then goes on to say how Christ is 'the Son of God, and is called God from unity of substance with God. For God, too, is a Spirit. Even when the ray is shot from the sun, it is still part of the parent mass; the sun will still be in the ray, because it is a ray of the sun -- there is no division of substance, but merely an extension. Thus Christ is Spirit of Spirit, and God of God, as light is kindled.' (Apology, XXI)"<BR/><BR/>The implications for the nascent faith for accepting the Logos as "pShre nouwt petSoop Hn kounF mpeFeiwt" (John 1:18, Coptic) were enormous.<BR/><BR/>Solomon<BR/>http://copticjesus.blogspot.comMemrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00576135299193837482noreply@blogger.com