particular mental images every time we hear it. The most glaring example of this is the word “person,” a word that is often used when discussing the Trinity. When we use the word “person,” we attach to it all sorts of “baggage” that comes from our own personal experiences. We think of a physical body, an individual, separate from everyone else. We think of a spatial location, physical attributes like height, weight, age—all things associated with our common use of the word “person.” When we use this word to describe a divine person (Father, Son, or Holy Spirit), we tend to drag along with it
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