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Wow! some discussion, but as I said we will never agree on what our beliefs are because we KNOW what we believe and you only
Yesterday in the Catholic church I attend with my husband, a woman was there and who had attended a special meeting called a Synod. At that meeting she was given enough of a special crucifix which was blessed by the Pope, to hand one out to every member at mass. It was the image of the Father(God)the son(Jesus) and the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove. All three separate and identified as such.
Here is the written paper that was given with the cruicifix.
“The images come from a fresco in Italy, entitled The Trinity, it was executed by a painter named Masacio in 1425. In the painting God the Father offers to the viewer, his crucified Son, to whom he is united by the bond of Love who is the Holy Spirit.
All these images are deeply rooted in the Holy Scriptures. God the Father is depicted as a man of mature age, bearded and solemn. This image is based on the prophecy in the book of Daniel, chapter 7, at verses 9-10, 13-14. The prophet beholds a portentous figure coming to the judgement seat, whom it characterizes as the “Ancient of Days”
“As I watched:
Thrones were set in place and one of great age took his seat.
His robe was white as snow and the hair of his head was pure as wool. His throne was ablaze of flames…A stream of fire poured out, issuing from his presence. A thousand, thousand waited on him, ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him.
The prophecy goes on the describe how there approachs the “Ancient of Days” one who is to receive power and sovereignty that will never pass away. That one is Jesus Christ: I gazed into the visions of the night. And I saw, coming on the clouds of heaven one like a son of man. He came to the one of great age…
On him was conferred sovereignty, glory, and kingship, and men of all peoples, nations and languages became his servants.
His sovereignty is an eternal sovereignty which shall never pass away nor will his empire ever be destroyed.”
The second person of the Blessed Trinity is depicted on the Cruicifix at the moment of handing over his spirit. His body is still powerfully vibrant. This image is rooted in the Gospel of John, the tenth chapter at verses 17-18, where Jesus declares:
The Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it up again. No one takes it from me; I lay it down of my own free will and as it is in my power to take it up again; and this is the cammand I have been given by my Father”.
“One should note the pose of the Father: He holds in his hands the crossbar of the Crucifix, not indeed, in a gesture of holding up the Cross, but rather , in the gesture of offering it, or perhaps better proffering it to the viewer. This image finds its origin in the Gospel of John, the third chapter, at verses 13-17 in the passage where Nicodemus visits Jesus by night.”
It goes on a little more, but this is exactly what we believe, and according to this paper handed out in the Catholic Church yesterday you believe it too. God looks just like us and his son is Jesus(a separate person) and the Holy Ghost is the messenger and the bond between God and Jesus and between God, Jesus and us.
As you can see from this writing from your own church, you do believe God is in the form of a man. The form described in your church writings is identical to the form of God the Father and Jesus Christ that Joseph Smith described in his first vision, as a uneducated boy of 14 years old. They are one and the same and according to this writing you believe in the same God that we do, and He looks like a man.
Yesterday in the Catholic church I attend with my husband, a woman was there and who had attended a special meeting called a Synod. At that meeting she was given enough of a special crucifix which was blessed by the Pope, to hand one out to every member at mass. It was the image of the Father(God)the son(Jesus) and the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove. All three separate and identified as such.
Here is the written paper that was given with the cruicifix.
“The images come from a fresco in Italy, entitled The Trinity, it was executed by a painter named Masacio in 1425. In the painting God the Father offers to the viewer, his crucified Son, to whom he is united by the bond of Love who is the Holy Spirit.
All these images are deeply rooted in the Holy Scriptures. God the Father is depicted as a man of mature age, bearded and solemn. This image is based on the prophecy in the book of Daniel, chapter 7, at verses 9-10, 13-14. The prophet beholds a portentous figure coming to the judgement seat, whom it characterizes as the “Ancient of Days”
“As I watched:
Thrones were set in place and one of great age took his seat.
His robe was white as snow and the hair of his head was pure as wool. His throne was ablaze of flames…A stream of fire poured out, issuing from his presence. A thousand, thousand waited on him, ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him.
The prophecy goes on the describe how there approachs the “Ancient of Days” one who is to receive power and sovereignty that will never pass away. That one is Jesus Christ: I gazed into the visions of the night. And I saw, coming on the clouds of heaven one like a son of man. He came to the one of great age…
On him was conferred sovereignty, glory, and kingship, and men of all peoples, nations and languages became his servants.
His sovereignty is an eternal sovereignty which shall never pass away nor will his empire ever be destroyed.”
The second person of the Blessed Trinity is depicted on the Cruicifix at the moment of handing over his spirit. His body is still powerfully vibrant. This image is rooted in the Gospel of John, the tenth chapter at verses 17-18, where Jesus declares:
The Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it up again. No one takes it from me; I lay it down of my own free will and as it is in my power to take it up again; and this is the cammand I have been given by my Father”.
“One should note the pose of the Father: He holds in his hands the crossbar of the Crucifix, not indeed, in a gesture of holding up the Cross, but rather , in the gesture of offering it, or perhaps better proffering it to the viewer. This image finds its origin in the Gospel of John, the third chapter, at verses 13-17 in the passage where Nicodemus visits Jesus by night.”
It goes on a little more, but this is exactly what we believe, and according to this paper handed out in the Catholic Church yesterday you believe it too. God looks just like us and his son is Jesus(a separate person) and the Holy Ghost is the messenger and the bond between God and Jesus and between God, Jesus and us.
As you can see from this writing from your own church, you do believe God is in the form of a man. The form described in your church writings is identical to the form of God the Father and Jesus Christ that Joseph Smith described in his first vision, as a uneducated boy of 14 years old. They are one and the same and according to this writing you believe in the same God that we do, and He looks like a man.