tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19505042.post5669414879481048713..comments2024-01-29T06:02:39.583-08:00Comments on Suzanne's Bookshelf: Bruce Ware and AugustineSuzanne McCarthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07033350578895908993noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19505042.post-63943184555409933482008-12-08T19:11:00.000-08:002008-12-08T19:11:00.000-08:00"Clearly, Augustine is saying that the Son has no ..."Clearly, Augustine is saying that the Son has no inequality with the Father, not in power nor in authority, nor in substance, nor in anything in him. "<BR/><BR/>The Pharisees understood this, too. Check out John 5:<BR/><BR/>16So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews persecuted him. 17Jesus said to them, "My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I, too, am working." 18For this reason the Jews tried all the harder to kill him; not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.Linhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04723395060585207854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19505042.post-89158398877543360432008-12-07T18:31:00.000-08:002008-12-07T18:31:00.000-08:00Ware may believe that but he cannot claim that thi...Ware may believe that but he cannot claim that this is what Augustine meant. Ware can start a new cult if he likes, but he cannot claim that it is consistent with traditional Christianity.Suzanne McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033350578895908993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19505042.post-83083289697701486142008-12-07T18:08:00.000-08:002008-12-07T18:08:00.000-08:00It seems to me almost as though Ware is taking "po...It seems to me almost as though Ware is taking "power" in the sense of "ability" or "capability," such that Jesus is just as powerful as the Father in much the same sense as Supergirl is just as powerful as Superman.Shaylinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10284885669467260512noreply@blogger.com