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>>19467593
Neither did I. God bless you, friend. May the Lord Jesus Christ smile down upon you, and may there be a chink in the armour of your heart, that the light of the divine Holy Spirit may illumine you within, and ignite His golden flame your heart. All love and peace and blessings to you, my beloved brother.

>>19444914
I suggest you read the documents which contain the infallible proclamations themselves, first of all, for more details on the decisions themselves. In every case they have been made only after extensive ecumenical polling of the worldwide bishopric - it is never a novel innovation, but is always based on the magisterium. But regardless, I think it is important to take each dogma on a case-by-case basis. The only thing I think it is worth it to really say is that if we affirm that Christ created a Church built upon the rock of St. Peter, and that His Holy Spirit is the leader of that Church who guides it into "all truth", there is never any reason to doubt that the Holy Spirit is doing a good job, because He is God. For more information, you might want to look into the view of material sufficiency of scripture. The deep dive into the Church's "actual concrete framework" would be study into the universal and ordinary magisterium, and what that means. For a basic introduction that you can go off of with your own research, check out these videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os0XzOxKFfc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVFdGHNEFsI

"Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven."
There are no limits to the mercy of God, but anyone who deliberately refuses to accept his mercy by repenting, rejects the forgiveness of his sins and the salvation offered by the Holy Spirit. Such hardness of heart can lead to final impenitence and eternal loss.

>>19138093
Without diminishing the divinity of the eternal Logos, He added to it all that is involved in being human, uniting the two natures (divine and human) in what is called the hypostatic union.
"He is God from the essence of the Father, begotten before time; and he is human from the essence of his mother, born in time; completely God, completely human, with a rational soul and human flesh; equal to the Father as regards divinity, less than the Father as regards humanity. Although he is God and human, yet Christ is not two, but one. He is one, however, not by his divinity being turned into flesh, but by God's taking humanity to himself. He is one, certainly not by the blending of his essence, but by the unity of his person. For just as one human is both rational soul and flesh, so too the one Christ is both God and human."
To put it another way, the eternal Logos took on a human nature through becoming incarnate through the blessed virgin Mary (that is, through the power of the Holy Spirit, the blessed virgin conceived, and held God the Son in her womb after He had clothed His divine nature in a human body). Thus it can be said that He dwelled in this body as if it was a tent - He "tabernacled among us" (https://biblehub.com/interlinear/john/1-14.htm)), just as God dwelled within the tabernacle.

>>19079555

>The Holy Spirit isnt a person
How does He speak in Acts then?
>>While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.
>>Coming over to us, he took Paul s belt, tied his own hands and feet with it and said, The Holy Spirit says, In this way the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and will hand him over to the Gentiles.
St. Paul also says that the Spirit "wills" divine activities. This is impossible for an abstracted power who is also not God.
>> And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, [...] to another the interpretation of tongues. But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills.
(1Cor. 12:6-11)
>It is spoken of as filling people
This doesn't contradict the Holy Spirit being a person. Christ also fills us and dwells in our hearts.

>limiting the unlimited to a three deity superstructure is just nonsense.
You should really watch the linked video to see how the Holy Trinity does not limit God, but rather explains to us how God can be both transcendent and completely indescribable and unlimited while also entering into creation and interacting with it in a real manner. You have to hold both of these beliefs as a Christian and Unitarianism essentially says that God did not enter into creation, which means we are not saved.
>scripture never explicitly pointed it out neither.
Scripture explicitly attributed uncreatedness to Christ and Him being God's Word. This shows that two persons share in the same eternal divinity, for there is only One Father and His glory is unmatched by any creature. How does then Christ share in this glory before the world was made? The Holy Spirit is also attributed personal qualities like being the Comforter and said to know the depths of God only God knows, no creature can ever accomplish this.
>>But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.
>>For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.
(1 Cor.2:10-11)

>but my head at the moment thinks that God is knowable and logical
You would be correct in one respect, but God is also unknowable in some respect and transcends logic. The divinely revealed doctrine of the Holy Trinity is necessarily required if you want to explain how it is possible.
>>No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.
(John 1:18)

>>18991048
I had a beautiful divine vision the other evening, while completely sober, after a long meditation session. The vision was so powerful it knocked me over physically and stole my breath. I saw the light of God. In that light was Christ and the Cross, reaching towards my soul. The Cross was also the crux of a mandala, around which the Buddhist wheel of existence was spinning. It could also have been the ceiling in a mosque or the rose window of a cathedral. I felt overwhelmed with love. God is real anon, and He is far too great to fit in any one human religion. He is in every religion, he speaks to every soul in His creation, every animal, every drop of water, every blade of grass.

He is asking a question to every soul, will you join me? Will you return home? And each soul must decide for themself. Spoiler, the answer to the question is love.

>>18866831

God bless you too, Anon!

>You may enjoy Arvo Pärt's sacred choir music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTRSrre_kPQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOpa5Ec3i4s

>And Taveners:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3dQK7tBnBQ&t=378s

>>18797776
You may find it less schizo than you expect.

>Hymn of the Pearl
https://www.marquette.edu/maqom/The%20Hymn%20of%20the%20Pearl.pdf

>Apocryphon of John
http://gnosis.org/naghamm/apocjn-davies.html

>Gospel of Thomas
https://www.marquette.edu/maqom/Gospel%20of%20Thomas%20Lambdin.pdf

>>18778549

XII.
I remembered that I was a King’s son,
And my rank did long for its nature.

>>18770979
that is something of an oversimplification. i'd put it more as, the universe is the creation of a failed artist in poor imitation of divine creation (pleroma), therefore suffering exists – but still, the light of God shines through the inner Christ, via the Holy Spirit, Sophia.

>>17679210
The Roman church essentially came about as an extension of the state power of Imperial Rome, articulated with much of the trappings of pagan ritualism (idolatry etc). It is fundamentally a temporal and human organization dedicated to preserving and expanding its own power over the human and temporal. Just glance at any instant of its blood-stained history from the Council of Nicea until the present day. Besides, its scriptures are fundamentally rooted in ancient Israelite (Baalitic) worship, which Gnosticism rejects in favor of Christ's own words.

Gnosticism, on the other hand, proposes a journey of faith much closer to the experience of the original Apostles, and much more in keeping with the actual words of Christ. Gnostics always lived humbly in communion with one another and the land, eschewing the temptations and trappings of the World. It's obvious to me that this is the way Christ intended.

>>17166606
Thank you Anon, this Rachmaninoff is so beautiful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTRSrre_kPQ

Know any fiction with Gnostic themes? Particularly scifi/fantasy?