I know that Christ created the world, the Holy Spirit is our guide in this world that's going to Hell in a handbasket, so what does the Father do? My dad said the answer was in one of the creeds -- Apostalic, Nicene, and Athanasian. Can u guys help me?
2007-03-21 04:35:55 · 7 answers · asked by Defender of Freedom 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Father K... uh... wow...I'll have to save ur answer so I can read it at my leisure
2007-03-21 04:42:49 · update #1
When I said "Can u help me," I just meant where canI find what the Father does
2007-03-21 04:46:16 · update #2
You guys should vote 'cuz I don't wanna choose
2007-03-22 07:03:59 · update #3
There is only one God, begetting is something that does not befit dingnity of God. begetting is event and God cannot be subjected to an event. God is creater of Jesus and Holy spirit. They are creature and servent of God. Jesus was "send" by God to guide the lost sheep of house of Israel. and God help Jesus through holy spirit. Jesus by himslef does nothing. In bible father is matophorical. Father doesn't really means biological father. Father means patron and supporter.
2007-03-21 04:49:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most Christians will tell you they understand the Father better than the Holy Spirit, bu they would probably be wrong.
We know Jesus, from the Gospels.
We know the Holy Spirit, from baptism, and because he facilitates every prayer, every grace, and every miracle.
The Father remains a mystery, with only a very few details revealed to us, directly by Christ.
2007-03-21 14:10:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read John 1:1-3 It explains what the father does. The father is greater than Jesus.
2007-03-21 12:03:21 · answer #3 · answered by Kenny 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Father makes decisions
2007-03-21 11:40:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your dad is right. Listen to him.
1. Whosoever will be saved, before all things it is necessary that he hold the catholic faith;
2. Which faith except every one do keep whole and undefiled, without doubt he shall perish everlastingly.
3. And the catholic faith is this: That we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity;
4. Neither confounding the persons nor dividing the substance.
5. For there is one person of the Father, another of the Son, and another of the Holy Spirit.
6. But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit is all one, the glory equal, the majesty coeternal.
7. Such as the Father is, such is the Son, and such is the Holy Spirit.
8. The Father uncreated, the Son uncreated, and the Holy Spirit uncreated.
9. The Father incomprehensible, the Son incomprehensible, and the Holy Spirit incomprehensible.
10. The Father eternal, the Son eternal, and the Holy Spirit eternal.
11. And yet they are not three eternals but one eternal.
12. As also there are not three uncreated nor three incomprehensible, but one uncreated and one incomprehensible.
13. So likewise the Father is almighty, the Son almighty, and the Holy Spirit almighty.
14. And yet they are not three almighties, but one almighty.
15. So the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God;
16. And yet they are not three Gods, but one God.
17. So likewise the Father is Lord, the Son Lord, and the Holy Spirit Lord;
18. And yet they are not three Lords but one Lord.
19. For like as we are compelled by the Christian verity to acknowledge every Person by himself to be God and Lord;
20. So are we forbidden by the catholic religion to say; There are three Gods or three Lords.
21. The Father is made of none, neither created nor begotten.
22. The Son is of the Father alone; not made nor created, but begotten.
23. The Holy Spirit is of the Father and of the Son; neither made, nor created, nor begotten, but proceeding.
24. So there is one Father, not three Fathers; one Son, not three Sons; one Holy Spirit, not three Holy Spirits.
25. And in this Trinity none is afore or after another; none is greater or less than another.
26. But the whole three persons are coeternal, and coequal.
27. So that in all things, as aforesaid, the Unity in Trinity and the Trinity in Unity is to be worshipped.
28. He therefore that will be saved must thus think of the Trinity.
29. Furthermore it is necessary to everlasting salvation that he also believe rightly the incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ.
30. For the right faith is that we believe and confess that our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is God and man.
31. God of the substance of the Father, begotten before the worlds; and man of substance of His mother, born in the world.
32. Perfect God and perfect man, of a reasonable soul and human flesh subsisting.
33. Equal to the Father as touching His Godhead, and inferior to the Father as touching His manhood.
34. Who, although He is God and man, yet He is not two, but one Christ.
35. One, not by conversion of the Godhead into flesh, but by taking of that manhood into God.
36. One altogether, not by confusion of substance, but by unity of person.
37. For as the reasonable soul and flesh is one man, so God and man is one Christ;
38. Who suffered for our salvation, descended into hell, rose again the third day from the dead;
39. He ascended into heaven, He sits on the right hand of the Father, God, Almighty;
40. From thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
41. At whose coming all men shall rise again with their bodies;
42. and shall give account of their own works.
43. And they that have done good shall go into life everlasting and they that have done evil into everlasting fire.
44. This is the catholic faith, which except a man believe faithfully he cannot be saved.
2007-03-21 11:40:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
um i think that it was the father that created the world...Christ died for our sins and he has a beautiful relationship with us intended for all of us. if that makes any sense...
2007-03-21 11:41:59 · answer #6 · answered by Jenna M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nicene Creed:
We believe (I believe) in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, and born of the Father before all ages. (God of God) light of light, true God of true God. Begotten not made, consubstantial to the Father, by whom all things were made. Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven. And was incarnate of the Holy Ghost and of the Virgin Mary and was made man; was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate, suffered and was buried; and the third day rose again according to the Scriptures. And ascended into heaven, sits at the right hand of the Father, and shall come again with glory to judge the living and the dead, of whose Kingdom there shall be no end. And (I believe) in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of life, who proceeds from the Father (and the Son), who together with the Father and the Son is to be adored and glorified, who spoke by the Prophets. And one holy, catholic, and apostolic Church. We confess (I confess) one baptism for the remission of sins. And we look for (I look for) the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. Amen."
I also found this for you from Traditional Catholic Apologetics. I hope this helps:
"What do Christians mean by God?"
They mean the Creator of all things, man included, Who exists of Himself, and is infinite in all perfections. They hold Him to be the Maker of the laws that are manifest in nature, and the moral law that man is obligated to obey. He is the beginning and the end for whom man was created;
"From Thee, great God, we spring, to Thee we tend, Path, motive, guide, origin, and end" (Samuel Johnson).
By God, Christians mean the Eternal Personage from whom emanated the rights with which the nature of man is endowed; rights that are inalienable, as our Declaration of Independence, the magna carta of Americanism, avers. God is the Creator in whom America's national faith centers. America's faith in God is also seen in the motto "In God we trust" which is stamped upon her coinage. Its use came through a letter sent by a Maryland farmer (November 1861) to the Secretary of the Treasury, urging that a Christian people should have some recognition of the Deity on their coins. The Secretary brought to the attention of Congress (1863) the advisability of adopting the suggestion, saying:
"The motto suggested by our Director of the Mint, 'In God we trust/ is taken from our national hymn, The Star Spangled Banner. The sentiment is familiar to every citizen of our country; it has thrilled thousands of American freemen. The time is propitious; 'tis an hour of national peril and danger, an hour when man's strength is weakness, when our strength and salvation must be in God. Let us reverently acknowledge this sovereignty, and let our coinage declare our trust in God."
A two-cent bronze piece was authorized by Congress to be coined (April 22, 1864) upon which was first stamped the motto "In God we trust," in lieu of "E Pluribus Unum." Afterwards this motto was inscribed on silver and gold coins. Thus were the words of Francis Scott Key honored:
"Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, And this be our motto, 'In God is our trust."
2007-03-21 14:03:03 · answer #7 · answered by cashelmara 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋