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Originally Posted by HBJ
One of the theological problems with the LC is being accused of modalism.
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The theological problem is not that they are accused of modalism, but that they do espouse a form of modalism.
Yet at the same time they declare that the three are co-eternal and co-equal.
And given the complexity of what is described in the scripture that most of us have distilled into what we call the doctrine of the Trinity, it is not surprising that there are variations.
The real problem is that Lee, while believing in the doctrine of the trinity, couldn't see the use for the "three" and therefore over-argued the "One."
Now surely they are One and they are Three. And it is not entirely understood, even though we have devised a rather detailed doctrine to explain it. Go view the
Lutheran Satire episode where St. Patrick tries to explain the trinity to a couple of Irish yokels. The point (well made) is that there is no simple way to understand it. So if you think you have distilled it to something "simple," you have failed and have only part of the truth (at best).