oops im so very sorry for misleading any one ------------------- the title I GAVE should be CORRECTED AND read three persons yet one God .
Martin Chemnitz' Summary of the Holy Trinity from 1591
Edited by Rev. Jack Cascione
The following is Martin Chemnitz's own summary of his chapters about the Holy Trinity from his "Loci Theologici" (Theological Topics) published in 1591. It was translated from Latin to English by Jacob Preus and published by CPH in 1989 (Vol. I pages 74-76). Chemnitz is the editor of the Book of Concord and author of the Formula of Concord.
Useful and Necessary Observations Drawn from the Rules Which Have Been Given
1. Regarding the external (ad extra) works performed with respect to creatures when only one person is mentioned, or two, or when the entire Trinity is understood: Thus in the Creed the Father is called the Creator, but not to the exclusion of the Son or the Holy Spirit. For of the Son it is said in John 1:10, "He was in the world, and the world was made through Him;" and in Heb. 1:2, "Through whom also He made the worlds." And of the Holy Spirit it is said in Ps. 33:6, "By the Word of the Lord were the heavens made and by the Spirit of His mouth is all their power." Gen. 1:26, "Let us make man," speaks of all three persons in the Godhead at the same time.
Thus providence and the sustaining and conservation of things are often attributed to one person, and yet it is the common work of the whole Trinity. Concerning the Father, Christ says in Matt. 6:26 and 10:29, "A sparrow does not fall to the earth without the will of your Father." Of the Son it is said in Heb. 1:3, "Upholding all things by the Word of His power." And of the Holy Spirit it is said in Ps. 104:30, "Send forth Your Spirit and they will be created, and You will renew the face of the earth."
2. Gregory of Nazianzus notes that sometimes Scripture mentions the three persons, as "in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit," and at other times as two persons, as in the exordia of the epistles, "Grace be unto you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ," and at still other times as one person, as at the close of the Pauline epistles, "The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you," This way of speaking at times preserves the order of the persons, as in the preceding examples, and at other times is indifferent to the order, as when, the name of the Son is placed ahead of the name of the Father in 2Cor: 13:14, "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all." Likewise when the name of the Holy Spirit is placed ahead of the name of the Son, as in Eph. 3:16-17, That you may be strengthened in the Spirit, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith." That is to say, Scripture bears witness that the three persons and the entire Trinity are the one true God, and that each person is perfectly and in all respects that one true God. For when in John 10:30 the Sons says, " I and the Father are one ," He is not excluding the Holy Spirit. For in 1John 3:24 it is said, "By the Spirit we know that the Father and the Son remain in us." And 1 John 5:7, " These three are one."
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Martin Chemnitz' Summary of the Holy Trinity from 1591
Edited by Rev. Jack Cascione
The following is Martin Chemnitz's own summary of his chapters about the Holy Trinity from his "Loci Theologici" (Theological Topics) published in 1591. It was translated from Latin to English by Jacob Preus and published by CPH in 1989 (Vol. I pages 74-76). Chemnitz is the editor of the Book of Concord and author of the Formula of Concord.
Useful and Necessary Observations Drawn from the Rules Which Have Been Given
1. Regarding the external (ad extra) works performed with respect to creatures when only one person is mentioned, or two, or when the entire Trinity is understood: Thus in the Creed the Father is called the Creator, but not to the exclusion of the Son or the Holy Spirit. For of the Son it is said in John 1:10, "He was in the world, and the world was made through Him;" and in Heb. 1:2, "Through whom also He made the worlds." And of the Holy Spirit it is said in Ps. 33:6, "By the Word of the Lord were the heavens made and by the Spirit of His mouth is all their power." Gen. 1:26, "Let us make man," speaks of all three persons in the Godhead at the same time.
Thus providence and the sustaining and conservation of things are often attributed to one person, and yet it is the common work of the whole Trinity. Concerning the Father, Christ says in Matt. 6:26 and 10:29, "A sparrow does not fall to the earth without the will of your Father." Of the Son it is said in Heb. 1:3, "Upholding all things by the Word of His power." And of the Holy Spirit it is said in Ps. 104:30, "Send forth Your Spirit and they will be created, and You will renew the face of the earth."
2. Gregory of Nazianzus notes that sometimes Scripture mentions the three persons, as "in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit," and at other times as two persons, as in the exordia of the epistles, "Grace be unto you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ," and at still other times as one person, as at the close of the Pauline epistles, "The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you," This way of speaking at times preserves the order of the persons, as in the preceding examples, and at other times is indifferent to the order, as when, the name of the Son is placed ahead of the name of the Father in 2Cor: 13:14, "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all." Likewise when the name of the Holy Spirit is placed ahead of the name of the Son, as in Eph. 3:16-17, That you may be strengthened in the Spirit, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith." That is to say, Scripture bears witness that the three persons and the entire Trinity are the one true God, and that each person is perfectly and in all respects that one true God. For when in John 10:30 the Sons says, " I and the Father are one ," He is not excluding the Holy Spirit. For in 1John 3:24 it is said, "By the Spirit we know that the Father and the Son remain in us." And 1 John 5:7, " These three are one."
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