re: For Episcopalians, God is Officially Gender Fluid (or whatever)

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I keep going back to the idea that the Son is the Incarnation and the Holy Spirit is an Emanation that we have seen serving as a Messenger.

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the HS absolutely can be a "messenger" but not an "emanation." the latter term suggests that the HS and the father are conflated. the main thing is to avoid modalism. these are good summaries

trinity

koukl is a good resource

another resource

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There is nothing in scripture demonstrating that the Holy Spirit ever spoke to anyone

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that doesn't diminish the personhood of the HS

pneumatology summary

the HS speaks to people directly, hence paraclete. I'm not sure it's important that the HS aurally "speak" to a few people in the same way Jesus did. that's not really the role of the HS