tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post3022016017187393595..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: Does the Godhead have three centers of consciousness?Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-72154213636156880732016-07-25T14:09:30.774-04:002016-07-25T14:09:30.774-04:00It has always seemed to me that affirming 3 "...It has always seemed to me that affirming 3 "centers of consciousness" is the strongest, and appropriate, way of affirming God as three distinct persons. Indeed, without it does our affirmation of the existence of multiple persons have much ontological cash value? Christian theologians have always struggled to give definition to "persons". But if we insist on a distinction between essence and person, surely these categories need to have basic definition in order to be meaningful.David Gadboishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18375984671877016361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-81169036822078949612016-07-24T15:12:27.303-04:002016-07-24T15:12:27.303-04:00"So I don't think we can eliminate distin..."So I don't think we can eliminate distinct centers of consciousness, or three first-person viewpoints, without lapsing into modalism."<br /><br />Yes, and I think that those who object to first person viewpoints need to explain how they avoid a type of modalism. Reformed Apologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17398596496540697639noreply@blogger.com