Quote Originally Posted by Sigurd View Post
The Son is the only begotten, but obviously he partook in the creation. If The Son is a created being, he would have been the first of all created beings.
You say: One essence/nature with one set of attributes, encapsulated fully in three distinct persons. It is hard to interpret that as anything other than three separate entities.
The importance difference between us here is surely that whereas you say that Father, Son and Holy Spirit each have their own separate essence/nature, I would say that they all share the same one. In my system, the one essence/nature of God is fully and indivisibly present in each of them. In yours, there are three separate Godly essences/natures, one in each of them. Isn't that what makes your take polytheistic, and mine monotheistic?

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