ChristianConsFurryGuy
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There is a saying I heard a long time ago: "To deny the Trinity is to lose your soul, but to try to understand the Trinity is to lose your mind." Understanding how there can be three distinct aspects of God in the form of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost has perplexed thinkers and theologians for centuries, each one being migraine-inducing.
How can God be three individual beings and yet still be a singular God? We as finite beings dont have such a distinction to be possessing three unique characteristics. After extensive study and research on the basics, I came up with a reasonable allegory...A meat and cheese sandwich.
The first definition of God used is Ousia, which is defined as the essential nature or substance of God. This is the sandwich itself and the nature of what a sandwich is reflects the nature of God. That is because God IS God as a unique nature of Himself. What it boils down to is that we define a sandwich by what it is, its nature. Typical Sandwiches are meat, cheese, veggies, and condiments, put together between two slices of bread. That is the nature of what a sandwich is. God Himself is by nature, God.
Another definition is what's called Hypostasis, or the underlying substance and is the fundamental reality that supports all else. That's the fancy philosopher's term. This is what is defined as the individual aspects of God, which can be described as the Meat, Cheese and Bread in the sandwich. While they are individual and unique by themselves, technically their own nature or Ousia, when combined to form a sandwich, the individual parts complimenting one another. What makes God so unique is that the Triune natures of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are each their own natures, and yet united as a single nature in God.
It boggles the mind how we can see an individual entity like God sharing individual aspects of himself and yet continue to be a singular entity; however, the true nature of God is infinite and fathomless. We as ephemeral lifeforms can only grasp at the barest nuance of his true nature and wonder at all the rest.
How can God be three individual beings and yet still be a singular God? We as finite beings dont have such a distinction to be possessing three unique characteristics. After extensive study and research on the basics, I came up with a reasonable allegory...A meat and cheese sandwich.
The first definition of God used is Ousia, which is defined as the essential nature or substance of God. This is the sandwich itself and the nature of what a sandwich is reflects the nature of God. That is because God IS God as a unique nature of Himself. What it boils down to is that we define a sandwich by what it is, its nature. Typical Sandwiches are meat, cheese, veggies, and condiments, put together between two slices of bread. That is the nature of what a sandwich is. God Himself is by nature, God.
Another definition is what's called Hypostasis, or the underlying substance and is the fundamental reality that supports all else. That's the fancy philosopher's term. This is what is defined as the individual aspects of God, which can be described as the Meat, Cheese and Bread in the sandwich. While they are individual and unique by themselves, technically their own nature or Ousia, when combined to form a sandwich, the individual parts complimenting one another. What makes God so unique is that the Triune natures of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are each their own natures, and yet united as a single nature in God.
It boggles the mind how we can see an individual entity like God sharing individual aspects of himself and yet continue to be a singular entity; however, the true nature of God is infinite and fathomless. We as ephemeral lifeforms can only grasp at the barest nuance of his true nature and wonder at all the rest.
