tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30994562.post560944416133984080..comments2023-11-02T08:46:01.355+00:00Comments on Fr Peter's Blog: The Double Agony in Man ...Fr Peter Weatherbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11999604618871073417noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30994562.post-91027751604003946612009-01-20T20:36:00.000+00:002009-01-20T20:36:00.000+00:00Ann - thanks for your comment. In the classic unde...Ann - thanks for your comment. <BR/>In the classic understanding, there can be no change in God - by definition - God is the One who is unchanging, omniscient, omnipotent, 'immortal invisible' because change implies decay, as the hymn Abide with me eloquently puts it "change and decay in all around I see: O Thou who changest not, abide in me". <BR/>However, to this we must add that in the incarnation-passion-resurrection God embraces change, death in order to restore it - 'that which he has not assumed he cannot redeem', as the Fathers put it. <BR/>But I don't think we should take this to mean that the 'life of the Trinity' is somehow different during Jesus earthly life time: that would be to make the Trinity like a household in which the elder son has gone away to study! The Trinity is rather more sophisticated than that!Fr Peter Weatherbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11999604618871073417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30994562.post-31008308748833663622009-01-14T19:30:00.000+00:002009-01-14T19:30:00.000+00:00Hi. That is an odd thing for the alpha materials t...Hi. That is an odd thing for the alpha materials to say. It has made me wonder about the difference in the life of the Trinity during the historical period of the Incarnation. Maybe that is what is being referred to. Some might say there was no difference. Others might say that there has to be some difference or Jesus earthly life loses significance. Hmm.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07767803190009776317noreply@blogger.com