Praying to the Triune God
00mcshaw@bsuvc.bsu.edu (00mcshaw@bsuvc.bsu.edu)
Fri, 11 Jul 1997 15:59:36 -0500 (EST)
While it is true that many Christians (especially laiety) seem cloudy on their
perceptions and articulations concerning the trinity and are often modal in
their descriptions of the Godhead, I find that trinitarian Pentecostals are
often virtually tritheistic, which may be because of their desire to seem so
distinct from their Oneness schismatics.
Benny Hinn notoriously claimed that the Godhead was nine-personed as each mem-
ber: Father, Son and Holy Spirit are trichotomous. Though he later recanted,
it seems that they are willing to go to great extremes to differntiate between
our doctrines.
All said our differences are not simply semantical but fundamentally and
practically in opposition.
Matthew Shaw
00mcshaw@bsu.edu