Have any of you watched the Truth Project?
In Lesson 7: Sociology, Del draws an analogy between the Trinity and the family by drawing an analogy from the Essence of the Trinity (Father, Son, and Spirit) to the Family (Husband, Wife, Children). He even goes so far as to note that the Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son and that children proceed from their parents.
My concern is one of archetypal/ectypal distinction. This seems to be an inherent problem with trying to organize theology around Triads.
Is it appropriate to speculate on the essence of God as He is in Himself and draw analogies to the nature of our relationships (God is three and therefore there is an analogy of being to how families are constituted)? Are we not entering into a labyrinth of speculation when we do so as this analogy is not drawn in God's Word?
For instance, we have marriage compared to the mystical union between Christ and His Church but we have no direct analogies between God in Himself and familial institutions and it seems improper and speculative to draw conclusions about the family when we have ample revealed information about the nature of the family.
In other words, I find an unhealthy desire, in some teachers, to seek out Triads and see God as stamping everything with "threes". Why should the "look for threes because God is three" be a principle of hermeneutics? This hermeneutical principle seems to control where the things revealed adequately give instruction on the nature of these relationships without having to draw speculative analogies.
Thoughts?
In Lesson 7: Sociology, Del draws an analogy between the Trinity and the family by drawing an analogy from the Essence of the Trinity (Father, Son, and Spirit) to the Family (Husband, Wife, Children). He even goes so far as to note that the Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son and that children proceed from their parents.
My concern is one of archetypal/ectypal distinction. This seems to be an inherent problem with trying to organize theology around Triads.
Is it appropriate to speculate on the essence of God as He is in Himself and draw analogies to the nature of our relationships (God is three and therefore there is an analogy of being to how families are constituted)? Are we not entering into a labyrinth of speculation when we do so as this analogy is not drawn in God's Word?
For instance, we have marriage compared to the mystical union between Christ and His Church but we have no direct analogies between God in Himself and familial institutions and it seems improper and speculative to draw conclusions about the family when we have ample revealed information about the nature of the family.
In other words, I find an unhealthy desire, in some teachers, to seek out Triads and see God as stamping everything with "threes". Why should the "look for threes because God is three" be a principle of hermeneutics? This hermeneutical principle seems to control where the things revealed adequately give instruction on the nature of these relationships without having to draw speculative analogies.
Thoughts?