If God created everything through the spirit of Jesus, doesn't that mean that everything on Earth is God?
2007-02-25 01:24:33 · 6 answers · asked by mouthbreather77 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
it's humans trying to explain things which are beyond them.who cares if it's monotheism, pantheism or panentheism? God is the creator, whatever God's nature is. Paul Tillich refered to God as the "ground of all being." ponder that for a while.
2007-02-25 01:29:04 · answer #1 · answered by ? 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Its called "panentheism," or the idea that creation is the result of the interaction of the energy of God and the divine Logos, meaning that God is present in all things, forms the fabric of all things, and also essentially transcends all things.
Pantheism, on the other hand, simply states that matter = God. Pantheism does not recognize the idea that God is both within and above matter.
And yes, the Nicene Creed does affirm panentheism - that concept was fundamental to Athanasius' defense of the term 'homousios.' Remember, the greatest minds of the Latin Church and Constantine himself had difficulty comprehending the philosophical basis of Hellenistic Christianity.
2007-02-25 09:29:57 · answer #2 · answered by NONAME 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it means that everything on earth was made through Jesus Christ.
God creating something does not imply that the creation becomes God.
"All things were made by him: and without him was made nothing that was made." Jn 1.3
2007-02-25 09:29:58 · answer #3 · answered by Steven 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it means that everything on earth and in the universe was made by God. Through his power and authority, all things were made.
2007-02-25 09:34:15 · answer #4 · answered by Misty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OK OK so the Nicene Creed is full of it If you think all catholics are totally insane stay away from them
2007-02-25 09:32:12 · answer #5 · answered by hobo 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No.
You sound like you have problems with your own latent pantheism.
2007-02-25 11:47:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋