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dailey
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I heard a teacher say to someone “God is in heaven, Jesus is on earth and the Holy Spirit is in our heart”. That just struck me as odd?
What do you think?
What do you think?
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cascherman
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Yep that is odd. Jesus ascended to heaven, so currently he is there. However, we are his body so he could be said to be here too, no?
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seanflynn
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Although all three of those clauses can be true in some sense, it implies an untrue exclusivity about the three Divine Persons and the three locations.
Like cascherman said, Jesus is also in Heaven. Also, the Holy Spirit is in many places besides our hearts, to the extant the Holy Spirit can be said to be in a physical locale. He is pure Spirit, and His Body is Jesus, right (The Image of the Invisible God)?
I’ve heard Fr. Corapi say that wherever one Person of the Trinity is, there are the other two also. As in the Holy Eucharist, we have the Body of Christ aw well as the fullness of the Father, the Holy Spirit, and all of Heaven.
To the point I think you were asking about:
Like cascherman said, Jesus is also in Heaven. Also, the Holy Spirit is in many places besides our hearts, to the extant the Holy Spirit can be said to be in a physical locale. He is pure Spirit, and His Body is Jesus, right (The Image of the Invisible God)?
I’ve heard Fr. Corapi say that wherever one Person of the Trinity is, there are the other two also. As in the Holy Eucharist, we have the Body of Christ aw well as the fullness of the Father, the Holy Spirit, and all of Heaven.
To the point I think you were asking about:
should never be given as an explanation of the Trinity. At best it is incomplete, but my feeling is that the teacher who said it believes it to be a very helpful way of understanding God. If this is the case, I’d say the teacher doesn’t properly understand the Trinity (which is incredibly understandable).
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seanflynn
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I have another piece of advice for you, dailey, about the title you gave this thread.
A ton of the threads here seem to be quick questions. The title is so people can see what the question is about. I think you will get more people who know the answer reading your post if the title (which is all we see at first) indicates the topic of your thread.
A ton of the threads here seem to be quick questions. The title is so people can see what the question is about. I think you will get more people who know the answer reading your post if the title (which is all we see at first) indicates the topic of your thread.
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dailey
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Thanks Seanflynn and Casherman!
Sorry about the “short title”.
I was getting my kids ready for bed but wanted to jump here real quick and hear what others thought about the teacher comments. Usually I am much better about putting more info in my titles. 
Sorry about the “short title”.
I was getting my kids ready for bed but wanted to jump here real quick and hear what others thought about the teacher comments. Usually I am much better about putting more info in my titles. - Status