I am somewhat perplexed at the way many contemporary
Christian writers whose works I am reading who are longer using
a capitalised S in their references to the Spirit. One that does this rather
surprisingly is N. T. Wright, for example in his recent tome on Paul where he
constantly refers to the Spirit as spirit. One of my colleagues at Laidlaw
recently published a book and followed the same pattern. Why are these writers
doing this? I am intrigued. What does this say about their view of the Trinity?
Or am I missing something? Is there a nuance here I have not discerned such as
sometimes they capitalize and sometimes they don’t? If there is, it is
interesting because when God is mentioned whether it be as Lord, the Almighty,
etc, most use the capital. Similarly, when Jesus is mentioned by name or as
Christ, or Lord, or even Saviour, most use the capital. I must say I don’t like
this new trend, I find it irritating and cuts at the heart of belief in the
Trinity.
For anyone who is interested, I have attached my tribute to Rev Stuart Lange here. He is a legend! It was fun to roast him.... A Tribute to Stuart Lange, No Longer Vice Principal Community of Laidlaw… But still church history lecturer… so not a good bye, but my way of Saying Thanks to you for your years as VP Community… Stuart Lange, not Langey; or Longey; or not langgggg.. but Lange! Or, as I like to put it, S.lang… Slang… for good reason. Stuart Lange, history prof, a man who truly embodies his subject; the quintessential historical prof… Slightly eccentric, crooked smile, hooked and bent nose… you know he has a crook elbow too, took the dog for a walk, hit the chain, smashed the elbow… Of course the dog was unharmed… No Surprise, a lover of animals, each year looking after the animals at the Massey Christmas drive through, donkeys, lamas… etc… Then there is his Einsteinlich hair… kind of a wild man of Southland look… in fact… Stuart Lange A face a cartoonist would die for! The ne...
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