Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site fortune.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!fortune!brower From: brower@fortune.UUCP (Richard Brower) Newsgroups: net.religion,net.women Subject: Re: the gender of God Message-ID: <4014@fortune.UUCP> Date: Thu, 16-Aug-84 17:30:11 EDT Article-I.D.: fortune.4014 Posted: Thu Aug 16 17:30:11 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 17-Aug-84 23:46:45 EDT References: <2352@ihuxf.UUCP> Organization: Fortune Systems, Redwood City, CA Lines: 13 > Maybe our problem is in referring to God with a noun in the first place. > I ran into one theologian who postulated that the Trinity was > "Creator, Redeemer and Sanctifier"...no nouns needed here. It avoids > the male/female thing entirely. > > Mary Ann Zeszutko AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville IL > ihnp4!ihuxf!features My dictionary defines the three words; Creator, Redeemer, and Sanctifier: as nouns. Perhaps you meant to say pronouns? Richard Brower Fortune Systems {ihnp4,ucbvax!amd,hpda,sri-unix,harpo}!fortune!brower