christ, already

Jeff Wilson · 16 Dec 2010, 00:03 · from 2010-December.txt.gz

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From: jwilson at io.com (Jeff Wilson)
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 18:03:16 -0600 (CST)
Subject: (urth) christ, already
In-Reply-To: <E48574B6-AFEB-4B63-9816-03692C5FCE27 at liftingfaces.com>
References: <997798.2239.qm at web84104.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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> In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, Christ and God are
> explicit, though part of the Holy Trinity. God is within Christ, and
> Christ symbolizes God. And God created the symbol.

Christ is the Logos, sure, but doctrinarily the Logos (symbol or word) is
uncreated; co-eternal with the Father and the Holy Spirit. He is also the
Son, though he's not the Son until Mary conceives. This makes the Son
something of a temporal state, but that's okay, since Christ as the Son is
supposed to partake of man's mortal nature so man can have a personal
relationship with God.

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