Because the Christian God is not a lonely God, but rather a communion of three persons, faith leads … - Miroslav Volf

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Every year the international finance system kills more people than the Second World War. But at least Hitler was mad, you know.

Miroslav Volf

Because the Christian God is not a lonely God, but rather a communion of three persons, faith leads human beings into the divine communion. One cannot, however, have a self-enclosed communion with the Triune God- a "foursome," as it were-- for the Christian God is not a private deity. Communion with this God is at once also communion with those others who have entrusted themselves in faith to the same God. Hence one and the same act of faith places a person into a new relationship both with God and with all others who stand in communion with God.

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