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Offline EWPJ

Re: Why doesn't the Vulgate use YHWH (LORD)?
« Reply #10 on: December 26, 2023, 10:07:58 PM »
Quote from: AnthonyPadua on December 26, 2023, 09:23:21 PM
Yeah, honestly JW's are another bunch of ridiculous, no matter how much evidence you give for showing the Divinity of Christ they just do not believe.

You've probably already seen it but Dimonds did a quick refutation of JW on their site somewhere and it was an older video on their YT channel if I'm remembering right. 

You can try to argue with them straight from logic.  They are very similar to Mor(m)ons and once I asked a Mor(m)on "missionary" if Christ said His Church would stand until the end of time then what happened to The Church from the time you guys think it became "corrupted" until your sect got it figured out 1500 years later?  They couldn't answer and left rather embarrassed.   
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Offline AnthonyPadua

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Re: Why doesn't the Vulgate use YHWH (LORD)?
« Reply #11 on: December 27, 2023, 09:23:16 PM »
Quote from: EWPJ on December 26, 2023, 10:07:58 PM
You've probably already seen it but Dimonds did a quick refutation of JW on their site somewhere and it was an older video on their YT channel if I'm remembering right.

You can try to argue with them straight from logic.  They are very similar to Mor(m)ons and once I asked a Mor(m)on "missionary" if Christ said His Church would stand until the end of time then what happened to The Church from the time you guys think it became "corrupted" until your sect got it figured out 1500 years later?  They couldn't answer and left rather embarrassed. 
I tried half a dozen verses showing that Christ is God, they say the same crap "Oh Christ is god but not true God" or "Your interpretation is wrong". I quoted the prophets, fathers, apostles and Christ Himself yet they still do not believe...
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Offline Mark 79

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Re: Why doesn't the Vulgate use YHWH (LORD)?
« Reply #12 on: December 27, 2023, 09:51:41 PM »
These days I only have extended arguments with heretics when it helps me refine my own understanding because they bring a refined argument to the table..

Usually the objections of Prots are merely generic stupidities, easily refuted, and I won't waste breath on them unless there are fence-sitters who may benefit from a more protracted exposition of Catholic Truth.
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Offline Marcellinus

Re: Why doesn't the Vulgate use YHWH (LORD)?
« Reply #13 on: December 28, 2023, 09:17:02 AM »
Quote from: AnthonyPadua on December 26, 2023, 05:28:33 PM
I thought God's essence was His existence?

And can't we say that God does have a name now, Jesus?
You are correct.  According to Thomists, the essence of God is the Divine Aseity, which is self existence.  
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Offline Ladislaus

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Re: Why doesn't the Vulgate use YHWH (LORD)?
« Reply #14 on: December 28, 2023, 09:54:33 AM »
Quote from: Marcellinus on December 28, 2023, 09:17:02 AM
You are correct.  According to Thomists, the essence of God is the Divine Aseity, which is self existence. 

Only with "essence" being used loosely.  In reality, God has no essence, just existence.  Essence entails a potency, but God is pure act without any potency, actualized or otherwise.  So the statement that God's essence is His existence is a somewhat loose use of the term to basically mean that God has no essence that's distinct from His existence.
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