The Holy Spirit and the womanhood/femininty

[jcrichton]

The terms Father, Son, and Spirit applied to the three Persons of the Trinity are also figures.

It is contrary to Catholic teaching to say that God in His Divine Nature, not in the Incarnation, but in the Divine Nature itself, may be corporeal or may include spirit similar to the human soul or the angelic spirit. It is also contrary to Catholic teaching to say that the Divine Nature can experience emotion or any kind of change whatsoever. The Divine Nature of God is absolutely simple and unchanging.

…I’ve been a Catholic all of my life and I’ve not have come across such teachings… granted, I am pedestrian, at best, but when Yahweh God spoke to Israel and said that they angered Him or that they caused Him to be jealous of those who are not god, by committing adultery (worshiping) with strange gods, I did not think of God as having human emotions but as my Creator expressing His thoughts in a manner that I could comprehend.

…still, if God is not Spirit, then why is the Bible so bent on defining Him as such?

Maran atha!

Angel

 

[John7]

Not certain but pretty sure Scott Hahn regards the Holy Spirit as feminine/female.

 

[jcrichton]

Let me go back to the original question. We need to go back to Genesis 1:27 “God created man in his image; in the divine image he created him; male and female he created them.” The male and female characteristics are not in opposition to each other. Male and female are part of the whole that makes us the creatures God created. If man, male and female, are created in the image of God, then male and female characteristics are to be found in God. This is a mystery beyond my ablilty to explain. There is a lot of male versus female thinking going on. God created Unity, not disunity. The devil tries to divide and separate us into male versus female. The unity of male and female is a sign of the Unity of God and his Church. Seek unity. Don’t divide.

I believe that the problem arises when Catholics (and other Christians) attempt to marry Scriptures with social theology (mostly a recreation according to hollo-wood).

The “feminist” movement had much to do with viewing Yahweh God as a female persona, some still hold on to this view; undoubtedly, early globalization’s introduction of eastern religions promoted the idea of the existence of both male and female gods (incidentally some of the animal gods also came across to the West, though not as overtly) which, as is attested by this and other threads in various Bible sites, has confused the mind of some Christians as they attempt to reinterpret the Scriptures to define a genderless God or a multisex (unisex) God; …this brand of theology seems to believe that Jesus was somehow concerned with popular opinion as He presented Yahweh God in a male persona (“my Father”) rather than a unisex/female persona.

When attempting to understand the quoted passage we should not attempt to define God’s “gender;” rather, we should study the Bible’s definition of Yahweh God which would render a deeper and truer meaning to “Created in His image and likeness.”

Maran atha!

Angel