tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558461285642691762.post5701114235122937955..comments2023-10-02T03:39:59.884-05:00Comments on Jeff Meyers: The Trinity for the SimpleJeff Meyershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16934932107746619375noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558461285642691762.post-44583044047227324792008-08-14T08:47:00.000-05:002008-08-14T08:47:00.000-05:00John: absolutely right. Good comment. Thanks for ...John: absolutely right. Good comment. Thanks for making it. Of course, when Luther deals with the Trinity he's expounding the three articles of the Apostles' creed as the gift of God himself given to the one baptized.Jeff Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16934932107746619375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558461285642691762.post-72626463795825576892008-08-14T02:57:00.000-05:002008-08-14T02:57:00.000-05:00Be interested to read this when it appears. You ma...Be interested to read this when it appears. <BR/><BR/>You may find a <A HREF="http://metalutheran.blogspot.com/2008/03/trinity.html" REL="nofollow">couple</A> of <A HREF="http://metalutheran.blogspot.com/2008/04/trinity-again.html" REL="nofollow">posts</A> by the Lutheran blogger Josh S interesting on this subject, in which he emphasises the Trinity as a (indeed <EM>the</EM>) baptismal doctrine: a matter of identity rather than ideology.<BR/><BR/>Given the critical importance of baptism to Luther's theology and indeed Lutheran self-identity to this day - an importance which, it seems to me, is underestimated by many Reformed Christians - it may be that the place to look for Luther's trinitarianism is in his baptismal theology and in particular his understanding of baptism as the basis for the whole of the Christian life, rather than in his engagement with the "ideology" of the Trinity. <BR/><BR/>Which seems to chime with what you're saying in this post, so as I say I await the essay itself with interest.John Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074559601919298190noreply@blogger.com