I was really troubled by Milton's version of the creation story. The way Raphael tells it, Jesus is a separate being from God. He is the Son, but more so the being through which God works. This was really interesting because normally when creation is mentioned, it is God who did all the creating. Milton twists it, making the story about the Son of God instead. We know that they are the same, but that isn't quite how Milton makes it out to be.
I commented on Henry's.
Milton is making the Holy Trinity into to different characters to broaden the story and even does the same thing with the multiple names of Satan. I agree that it is troubling and sometimes confusing but I always have to make a mental note that it is mainly fiction.
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