WHAT DOES ( μορφῇ ) MEAN? AT PHILLIPIAN'S 2:6?
RICHARD
CHENEVIX TRENCH (circa. 1807-1886 C.E.):
“...signifies the - ( form ) - as it is the utterance of the inner life;
not ‘being,’ but ( ‘mode of being,’ ) - or better, - ( ‘mode
of existence’ ) […] there was nothing docetic, nothing phantastic
about it. His - ( manner of existence ) - was now that of a Gk., (
δούλος ), [...] from that - ( manner of existence ) - in which
He...” -
(Page 263 § LXX. “SYNONYMS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT.”)
Although
Archbishop Trench gives a typically tri{3}nitarian explanation in the
surrounding context of this citation, he defines the word as basically:
1.)
“...FORM...”
2.)
“...MODE OF BEING...”
3.) “...MODE OF EXISTENCE...”
3.) “...MODE OF EXISTENCE...”
4.)
“...MANNER OF EXISTENCE...”
With
his preference for:
Gk.,
( μορφῇ )
“...MODE
OF EXISTENCE...”
