God , or God the Father?

[Roseeurekacross]

Taking this out of another thread.

Is it incorrect to say God.

Should terminology be God the Father or God the Son or God the Holy Ghost?

Especially when referring to God the Father , He who is unseen.

 

[Wesrock]

Well, you could just write “the Father” instead of “God the Father.” But it would be unusual to refer to “God, the Son, and Holy Ghost”. In that type of phrase you’d expect to say “Father, Son and Holy Ghost.”

“God” can refer to the Trinity or to each of the three Persons.

 

[PluniaZ]

Yes, it is fine to simply refer to God.

Holy God we praise Thy Name.
Lord of all we bow before Thee.
All on earth Thy scepter claim.
All in heaven above adore Thee.
Infinite Thy vast domain.
Everlasting is Thy Reign.

 

[Monte_RCMS]

God, the INFINITE.

 

[Beryllos]

You don’t have to single out one of the persons of the Holy Trinity. After all, there is one God.

It seems that most of the “standard” prayers are addressed to the Father, or Jesus, or the Holy Spirit (or Mary). The Nicene Creed begins “I believe in one God, the Father Almighty,” which seems to give him higher status, or else I misunderstand. The Act of Contrition addresses God simply as God.

 

[Hoosier_Daddy]

Taking this out of another thread.

Is it incorrect to say God.

Should terminology be God the Father or God the Son or God the Holy Ghost?

Especially when referring to God the Father , He who is unseen.

In the other thread someone was trying to make an analogy. To make the analogy correct the term God would have been needed to precede each person of the Trinity.
“God” or any other of the many Names is fine to use to refer to Him.
Or any Aspect of the Trinity.

 

[thistle]

Taking this out of another thread.

Is it incorrect to say God.

Should terminology be God the Father or God the Son or God the Holy Ghost?

Especially when referring to God the Father , He who is unseen.

As there is only one God the use of the word God is normal.

 

[Wesrock]

Yes, the use of the word God is certainly normal. I address many of my prayers to “God” and speak of “God” all the time.

The context of my original post had a different thread in mind which I believe inspired this topic, in which case the Trinity was presented as “God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit.” In that context, it seemed unusual.

 

[spiderweb]

The context of my original post had a different thread in mind which I believe inspired this topic, in which case the Trinity was presented as “God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit.” In that context, it seemed unusual.

In that context it is incorrect or at best very misleading. It seems to imply that there is “God”, and then Jesus and the Holy Spirit that are somehow less than “God” or not consubstantial.

 

[Vico]

Taking this out of another thread.

Is it incorrect to say God.

Should terminology be God the Father or God the Son or God the Holy Ghost?

Especially when referring to God the Father , He who is unseen.

To say God is fine: God means Trinity or could be used for Father, Son, or Holy Spirit.

Catechism

267 Inseparable in what they are, the divine persons are also inseparable in what they do. But within the single divine operation each shows forth what is proper to him in the Trinity, especially in the divine missions of the Son’s Incarnation and the gift of the Holy Spirit.