I would wager a bet that if you called the average Western Christian a polytheist, they'd be confused and offended. Perhaps it's just lack of refined teaching or exposure to other perspectives or beliefs.
"We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, the maker of heaven and earth, of things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the begotten of God the Father, the Only-begotten, that is of the essence of the Father. God of God, Light of Light, true God of true God, begotten and not made; of the very same nature of the Father, by Whom all things came into being, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible...We believe in the Holy Spirit, in the uncreated and the perfect;... "
This is not modalism. 3 beings (in relation) one nature (in essence). It's not like it's that difficult of a concept. Using a more ironic example than the shamrock, let's use Cerberus. One dog, three dog heads; each independent but in essence one. Similar to Tertullian and Aquinas thoughts on the subject.
"We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, the maker of heaven and earth, of things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the begotten of God the Father, the Only-begotten, that is of the essence of the Father. God of God, Light of Light, true God of true God, begotten and not made; of the very same nature of the Father, by Whom all things came into being, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible...We believe in the Holy Spirit, in the uncreated and the perfect;... "
This is not modalism. 3 beings (in relation) one nature (in essence). It's not like it's that difficult of a concept. Using a more ironic example than the shamrock, let's use Cerberus. One dog, three dog heads; each independent but in essence one. Similar to Tertullian and Aquinas thoughts on the subject.
"There ought to be a term that would designate those who actually follow the teachings of Jesus, since the word 'Christian' has been largely divorced from those teachings, and so polluted by fundamentalists that it has come to connote their polar opposite: intolerance, vindictive hatred, and bigotry." -- Philip Stater, Huffington Post
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