Susanna Krizo

Hey guys, Cheryl is right, the tirnity argument does not work and here’s why:
Tertullian coined the Latin word Trinitas in an effort to explain why Jesus is rightly called God. The concept of a trinity is used to explain why there is one God while the Bible calls the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are all called God. I.e when we find a text which says Jesus is God (such as in Romans and Titus) we can implement the concept of a Trinity. But when it comes to eros, although the word itself is not used, sex is described, in often graphic details, and no one has had to coin a word for sex to describe what is going on. Although the word eros is not present, 1 Cor 7 describes martial love it in detail. However, Eph 5, which is where NN is trying to squeeze it in, does not speak of sex, for if it did, we would have to say that the church has sexual intercourse with Christ and it is this that the husband and wife must imitiate. The text does not say it, nor does it imply it, for the love that is described is agape, which is experienced by all, not just husbands and wives. It is not sex that makes the husband and wife one flesh, it is the convenant which they have made, which makes them one flesh just as the covenant Christ made with us through his own blood (this is my covenant with you..) makes us one spirit with him. Paul says very specifically that he has bethrowed us to Christ as a virgin, the consummation awaits. Hence, if you want to put eros into Eph 5 you must explain how the church and Christ can experience physical marital love, especially considering he is in heaven and we are here on earth, and because he calls us his body; how do you experience eros if there is only one person?