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GOD claimed that God (rather than Luke) was the author of the gospel that bears his name? Nonsense! God had NEVER made such a claim! Come to think of it, neither has Paul made such a claim. The "Scripture" referenced by Paul in 2 Tim. 3:16 was the OT, not Luke's gospel (which hadn't even...

So, as to the first point, God's spawning an instrumentality of creation -- the "efficient cause" of creation, to use Aristotle's classification of causes (which, by the way, Paul adopted in 1 Cor. 8:6 in his "from whom" and "by whom" distinction) -- does NOT require that the spawned cause...

Like I said . . . this verse doesn't support Christ's divinity.

None of these quotes are from Paul, except Eph. 3:9 -- which doesn't support Christ's divinity.

Where?

Not how I see it. If God rather than Luke was the author as you claim, there would have been zero need for Luke to investigate anything. Using an investigative journalist as an instrument makes no sense at all.

I think Paul can be credited with "the truth" even though he didn't opine on a particular theological topic (like the divinity of Christ).

I am not ready to go with "declared" here. Let’s look at Rom. 1:4 in the 1978 edition of the NIV: "and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared (ὁρισθέντος) with power to be the Son of God by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord" The participle ὁρισθέντος is translated...

Let's separate "Son of God" from "God." The issue is, DID PAUL CONSIDER JESUS TO BE GOD? What's your answer to that?

Agree that Jesus Christ was the instrument of creation. But the issue is, did Rabbi Paul think of Jesus as "God." My answer to that is "No." Happy to be educated otherwise if you care to point me to a verse.

The reason that the Cross rather than the Manger was Paul's focus is simple: he didn't think of Christ as God, so he had no reason to work out any Trinitarian or Binitarian theology.

So, why did Luke bother to investigate anything then? Luke the Investigator

Yes, I made a note. The veneration you give Mary is virtually indistinguishable from worship. You bestow honor and glory on her that should be reserved for God. The Catholic Eucharistic rite includes this doxology: “Through Him, with Him and in Him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory...

Luke, the investigative journalist (Luke 1:3), was fully aware of the OT writings, and thus able to analogize Mary to the Ark in various ways. But his analogies are not based on first hand accounts, particularly those recounted in his first two chapters. Who could he have interviewed to...

Is this why you worship (sorry, why you "venerate") Mary?

Like you, I have been birthed into Christ. Like yours, my spirit belongs to God. Like you, I am under His authority. I do His will (as best I can -- albeit with my share of slip-ups). But unlike you. there is no "divine heart revelation" going on with me. Frankly, I don't even know what...

What does it mean to "testify that truth to our heart/spirit?" Clearly you are using "testify" in a unique way here -- VERY different from testifying as a witness in court or on the street, where the testimony is heard audibly and internalized by our MIND, rather than our heart/spirit...

That's an easy one. If God were corporeal He couldn't be independent of creation and hence the Creator of the Universe. Hence, He must be Spirit. Simple.

Tell me what "the Spirit testifies" looks like? I know what testimony is when I hear it audibly (as, for example, in courtrooms from the witness stand). Does the Spirit speak to you audibly?