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"The Evangelical, quite naturally, understands himself to be doctrinally orthodox and therefore insist that his Trinitarian belief is essentially identical to that proclaimed in Holy Scripture, developed by the Holy Fathers, and faithfully declared in the creedal definitions produced by the Great Ecumenical Councils. To a certain degree this may be correct. After all, many a Protestant martyr has willing climbed upon the gibbet while publicly declaring his faith in Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Moreover, a small army of Evangelical scholars have spilt more than a little ind writing countless systematic theologies which devote no small portion to the development of Trinitarian doctrine. There have even been a few hearty Evangelicals who have boldly used the term "Trinity" in the naming of their particular religious institution rather than the more commonly accepted names of those uncanoni saints like Calvin, Wesley, Spurgeon, or Knox. Yet despite all this, the Evangelical imagination had never developed a spiritual appreciation of the Trinity in and of Itself. Slip into any Evangelical worship service and the lion's share of adoration is almost never sent yp to the Divine Unity, but is rather mostly offered to one Member of the Trinity in isolation of the other two. Some denominations primarily focus on "Jesus", all but ignoring the Father and Holy Spirit. Still others, most noticeably the Charismatics or Pentecostals, tend to concentrate on the ministry of the Holy Spirit, thereby effectively nudging the creative and redemptive work of the Father and Son into the theological background. There seems to exist, then, within the Evangelical tradition a sort of unintentional imbalance involving the weight of glory bestowed upon the members of the Trinity; an imbalance due to lack of liturgical substance and creedal dependence. ..."
(pages 83-84: ORTHODOXY REVISITED: Contrasting the Faith and Practice Of the Eastern Orthodox Church with Evangelical Doctrine. by Robert Lloyd Arnold. Copyright 2006. Salisbury, MA: Regina Orthodox Press. ).
God bless us, everyone, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit: Amen. In Erie PA Scott R. Harrington
(pages 83-84: ORTHODOXY REVISITED: Contrasting the Faith and Practice Of the Eastern Orthodox Church with Evangelical Doctrine. by Robert Lloyd Arnold. Copyright 2006. Salisbury, MA: Regina Orthodox Press. ).
God bless us, everyone, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit: Amen. In Erie PA Scott R. Harrington
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