Dichotomy said:
Someone asked: “If the soul of the believer will go to heaven when he dies, what about his spirit?†This view that the essence of man consists of three parts—body, soul and spirit—is very common today. Although most theologians reject this tripartite view of man, this teaching is very popular among evangelicals today...
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This was an introduction to a paper on a Trinitarian site.
The simple fact that I don't believe in the trinity does not make all my other points invalid. I clearly proved from the scripture that God the Father is a dichotomy Divine Form and Divine Mind. And His Son was a Dicotomy Divine Form and Divine mind/spirit before His incarnation. And I can also prove that that Jesus Christ was a dichotomy during His incarnation human body and Divine mind/spirit. And scriptures were clear that Adam was a dicotomy human body and human mind/spirit. So I don't know where you're getting your doctrine from but it isn't the Bible and you have posted on Apologetics and Theology and that gives everybody the right to come in here and speak out against false doctrine. Many trinitarians believe and have taught since the trinity was invented in 400ad that man is a dicotomy. And I thought your doctrine was new but I just found out on google that this teaching was heard of by the church fathers and rejected. Tricotomy is a belief invented by Plato and the Greek Philosophers and Early Gnostics what ever that word means. Anyways the following is a very short quote from a Trinitarian website that very quickly and efficiently destroys your argument with the Bible and I invite anyone to please search this tricothomy subject out and just don't fall for it just because people you trust are promoting it.
"Dichotomy, Trichotomy, or Polychotomy?
...Scripture has an impregnable case for dichotomy, the view that man consists of two parts, body and soul. Various texts show us that man consists of material (body) and immaterial (soul-spirit) parts:
(a) Soul and spirit are used interchangeably (Gen 41:8 – Psa 42:6 and Matt 20:28 (life=psyche); Matt 27:50 and Matt 6:25 – Eccl 12:7; Luke 1:46-47 and John 12:27 – John 13:21)
(b) Death is giving up soul (Acts 15:26 [life = psyche)]; 1 Pet 4:19) or spirit (Matt 27:50; Luke 23:46; Acts 7:59)
(c) The disembodied dead are called “souls†(1 Pet 3:19; Rev 6:9-11, 20:4).
(d) Man’s relationship to God is not just through the spirit (Psa 51:17; Ezek 36:26; 1 Cor 6:17), but also through the soul (Mark 8:36-37, 12:30; Luke 1:46; Jas 1:21)
(e) A twofold, not threefold, division happens at death (Eccl 12:7; Matt 10:28; Luke 23:46; Jas 2:26; Acts 7:59)
Compare the above with only two texts that seem to support trichotomy, the view that in addition to the material, the immaterial consists of two distinct substances:
(a) 1 Thessalonians 5:23: division into spirit, soul, and body?
(b) Hebrews 4:12: division between soul and spirit?
According to A. A. Hodge in his Outlines of Theology, page 299, this is the view of most Greek philosophers, including Aristotle, Pythagoras, Plato, and most Greek philosophers, who contributed to Gnosticism.
These two texts do not necessarily teach trichotomy. In 1 Thessalonians 5:23, Paul is not trying to split man into three parts (spirit, soul, body). Is Jesus saying that man is made up of four parts in Mark 12:30 (heart, soul, mind, strength)? There are several texts that lists different “parts†of man, and if they are taken literally, the resulting view would be polychotomy—not two or three parts, but many parts.
For example, in Deuteronomy 6:5, God commands Israel to love him with all their heart, soul and strength (see Matt 22:37) while Mark 12:30 lists heart, soul, mind, strength, and Mark 12:33 adds understanding. Isaiah 64:4 tells us that God is so unique that no eye, ear, mind can describe him. Paul says in 1 Timothy 1:5 that he is exhorting them so they may develop a love that issues from a pure heart, good conscience and sincere faith. All of these lists merely encompass the whole being, not parts, of a person.
In Hebrews 4:12, the Greek verb used for “dividing,†merismos, is never used anywhere in Scripture to differentiÂate between two different things, but is always used when distributing and dividing up various aspects of the same thing (see Heb 2:4; contrast with diameridzo in Luke 11:17-18; Matt 27:35; John 19:24). Thus, this verse, in saying that the Word of God divides soul and spirit, teaches that the Word penetrates our innermost parts.
So whenever you think of yourself as body, soul and spirit, think again. Gnosticism may have a beachhead into your soul."
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