A Theologian's Renunciation
Though I hesitate to take on the title, by my studies, I think I must be classed as a theologian. Yet with the trends popular among many who bear the title "theologian," I sometimes recoil at the very name itself. I have thought about these positions and ideas that many theologians hold dear to their hearts (or dear to their intellects). It is with a strong heart, a sound mind, and a firm will that I renounce these opinions. I declare: I renounce renouncing the Father. Though, it is true, God is beyond gender, the First Person of the Trinity revealed Himself under the title of Father: who are we to renounce that title? I renounce renouncing the Son. Jesus Christ is the Son of God, one divine Person in two natures, human and divine. The Councils stated it, and I confess it: anything else is heresy. I renounce the Spirit's domination. The Holy Spirit is God, the Third Person of the Most Holy Trinity: this I affirm. The Father a...