The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are in-generate in their inner and eternal being. Some want to think in terms of an origin of relation, and thus call the Father in-generate and the Son and Holy Spirit, following, generate. Here we get the notion of “eternal generation,” with the Father as the aitea or source of the Godhead. I affirm eternal generation, but only in a liminal way. That Father isn’t anymore the Father than the Son is the Son in relationship to the Father and vice-versa. This is a necessary and eternal relationship that resists, ultimately, the idea of generation and even in-generation.
I accept certain grammars in terms of heurisms, but then they break.
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Indeed, the breaking point is the infinite and holy God, Creator of all things. Moreover, speaking of this One in any terms other than that he has made known by his self-revelation is mankindβs breaking point.
Amen, Richard. Yes, indeed; the Gospel comes with its own “rationality” whereby its “heart and mind” are fully in the bosom of the Father. People are simply committed to keeping some stake in their theological endeavors, and so they make appeal to a continuity of the natural order (or whatever). To me it is intellectual Pelagianism.