Is this a true model for trinity: Self-existent, Omnipotent, Omniscient

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Is this a true model for trinity?

Self-existent is the GOD

Omnipotent is the GOD

Omniscient is the GOD

and all are one God.

AND:

Self-existent, Omnipotent & Omniscient are Distinct from Each other.
 
This is not a true model for the Trinity, because each Divine Being possesses all three (distinct) attributes. A true model of the Trinity must differentiate each Divine Being in some manner.
 
DavidFilmer said:
This is not a true model for the Trinity, because each Divine Being possesses all three (distinct) attributes. A true model of the Trinity must differentiate each Divine Being in some manner.
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Aren’t son ness and father ness attributes?
 
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Aren’t son ness and father ness attributes?
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The trinity is not son-ness and father-ness. It is Son and Father, along with Spirit, 3 individual and distinct persons.

You are correct in the first part, God is self- existent, omniscient and omnipotent, but these words are descriptions of the triune God.
 
DavidFilmer said:
This is not a true model for the Trinity, because each Divine Being possesses all three (distinct) attributes. A true model of the Trinity must differentiate each Divine Being in some manner.
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Be careful. It’s three Divine Persons in One Divine Being.

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steve
 
seagal said:
The trinity is not son-ness and father-ness. It is Son and Father, along with Spirit, 3 individual and distinct persons.

You are correct in the first part, God is self- existent, omniscient and omnipotent, but these words are descriptions of the triune God.
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Son ness is a attribute to God the Son.

Father ness is a attribute to God the Father.

As you see, one person has not a attribute other has and has a attribute other has not.

As David said, each Divine Being possesses all three (distinct) attributes.
 
javid said:
Son ness is a attribute to God the Son.

Father ness is a attribute to God the Father.

As you see, one person has not a attribute other has and has a attribute other has not.

As David said, each Divine Being possesses all three (distinct) attributes.
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I am my parent’s daughter. I don’t say that daughter-ness is one of my attributes, it is who I am. I’m not sure exactly how you mean attribute. Maybe we’re saying the same thing.

I agree with David, that all 3 persons in the triune God possess the attributes you defined (self-existence, omnipotent, omniscience), among others. If I read your post correctly, you identified each of these attributes as one of the persons of the trinity. We also say God is Love, God is Mercy, God is Just. That doesn’t add 3 more persons to the godhead. Or did I misread you?
 
javid said:
Aren’t son ness and father ness attributes?
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No (the Thomistic terminology would rather be “paternity” and “filiation”). They are eternal actions in which the full divine essence is expressed, and thus are Persons. But they aren’t atttributes.

Edwin
 
javid said:
Is this a true model for trinity?
Self-existent is the GOD
Omnipotent is the GOD
Omniscient is the GOD
and all are one God.
AND:
Self-existent, Omnipotent & Omniscient are Distinct from Each other.
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I believe the difference between the attributes you are sharing, and the Persons of the Holy Trinity is that:
The Father is self-existent, omnipotent, and omniscient.
The Son is self-existent, omnipotent, and omniscient.
The Holy Spirit is self-existent, omnipotent, and omniscient.

The Father is the GOD
The Son is the GOD
The Holy Spirit is the GOD
and all are one God.
AND:
The Father, Son, & Holy Spirit are distinct from each other.
 
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