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    #16
    Re: Is Christianity actually polytheistic?

    Originally posted by Torey View Post
    From what I have read, the Roman Catholic (generalised) interpretation posits that Christ was both truly God and truly Man as he was God manifest in flesh and of both Heaven and Earth.
    This is the position that I'm familiar with. There are various logical shenanigans associated with the premise of a Triune God that come into play and, not being a serious student of theology, which I don't generally have good answers for but Christ being wholly God and wholly Man is generally the base premise that I've seen.
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    "But those men who know anything at all about the Light also know that there is a fierceness to its power, like the bare sword of the law, or the white burning of the sun." Suddenly his voice sounded to Will very strong, and very Welsh. "At the very heart, that is. Other things, like humanity, and mercy, and charity, that most good men hold more precious than all else, they do not come first for the Light. Oh, sometimes they are there; often, indeed. But in the very long run the concern of you people is with the absolute good, ahead of all else..."

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    "You come from the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve", said Aslan. "And that is both honour enough to erect the head of the poorest beggar, and shame enough to bow the shoulders of the greatest emperor on earth; be content."

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      #17
      Re: Is Christianity actually polytheistic?

      Originally posted by Torey View Post
      From what I have read, the Roman Catholic (generalised) interpretation posits that Christ was both truly God and truly Man as he was God manifest in flesh and of both Heaven and Earth.
      This has been my observation as well. My hubby could probably talk more on this, he's not been Catholic for a while, but he did attend an Capuchin seminary for high school (and an all boys boarding school at that), his great-aunt is a nun, and his mother lives in a convent in Nicaragua for 3-6 months every year...but from what I understand, they have a pretty strict Trinitarian interpretation, in terms of the official doctrine.
      Last edited by thalassa; 19 Nov 2018, 08:17.
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        #18
        Re: Is Christianity actually polytheistic?

        It's very plausible that my Catholic education was limited by never being an adult in the Church. I had 8yrs of being actively taught Catholicism and a further 2-3yrs of being an 'inactive' Catholic. We were just never taught that Jesus was equated with God... and I was taught by nuns in a school run by nuns with it's own church and priests. But then Jesus was never the central figure of worship... he was God's son and died for our sins and taught us a great many valuable lessons on how to be a good person. We learned his life and his lessons and read the Bible (Old and New Testament). He had the Divine Spark of God, but then so did we all. We prayed to God and worshipped God, and we had a direct line to God and didn't need to go through Jesus to reach Him. The Holy Trinity was a thing but it was never a big focus. So perhaps we were just never exposed to the more esoteric concepts because we were children and teenagers rather than adults.

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          #19
          Re: Is Christianity actually polytheistic?

          Originally posted by Rae'ya View Post
          I He had the Divine Spark of God, but then so did we all. We prayed to God and worshipped God, and we had a direct line to God and didn't need to go through Jesus to reach Him. The Holy Trinity was a thing but it was never a big focus. So perhaps we were just never exposed to the more esoteric concepts because we were children and teenagers rather than adults.
          I think that is fairly commonly the approach in most Christian traditions when it comes to kids. Heck, I don't even know if it would be well-covered and understood by many adults... Most people aren't all that motivated to learn the minutia of doctrine unless they *have* to for some reason!!
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