Holy Trinity Research Paper

( John 10:30) The Father, Son and Holy Spirit are equal and have always existed. I believe Jesus before His physical birth (John 1:1-3)

God the Son is revealed in the Christian Scriptures. God the Spirit is revealed in the Church. The Trinitarian doctrine states that there are three co-eternal, equal persons in God, which is the notion of unity within community. The Trinitarian doctrine was further developed and defined at the councils of Nicaea in 325 CE and Constantinople in 381 CE. God was always trinity, however gradually this reality became known through revelation. Jesus calls God and speaks of the spirit which indicates a plurality in God. The difficulty is reconciling the concept of monotheism with the notion of God existing as three persons. The divine essence is common to all three, however the three persons have attributes or properties which distinguished them eg Fatherhood, sonship and sanctifying power. Once essence means that the actions (creation, redemption, sanctification) are attributable to all. Mutual relations is the concept that the terms Father and Son are not titles but expressions of a relationship and thus all three persons are co-equal

Throughout this semester I have learned many of the different christian doctrines. Many of them were challenged and also accepted in my weekend trip throughout Saint Louis. I think one of the most important topics that was discussed during my weekend was the consideration of the Trinity. In the Christian thought the word “trinity” is a term used to talk about the Christian doctrine that God exists as a unity of three distinct persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Three of the staple thoughts include; God is three person; each person is divine; there is only one God. In their relations to one another, they are stated to be on in all else, co-equal, co-eternal and consubstantial. With these three thoughts about the Trinity you also must remember that Christianity is a monotheistic religion.

Trinity is one God. Each of the persons of the trinity, Father, Son, and Spirit “is God whole and entire”. I believe that the trinity of persons consists of one substance and one essence. Each of the persons is that supreme reality, the divine substance, essence or nature. Each of the three persons are distinct from one another, but known to be related to one another.

It’s the day of the Holy Apostles track meet for my 8th grade year and the air was very brisk and breezy. The only running event I had for that day was the 800m race. I started running the 800m in 4th grade. It was my best race and the race I liked the most. I had never won the 800m against these schools before, and I definitely wasn’t expecting to win that day. My rivals in this race were from three other schools St. Leonards, St. Joan of Arc, and MQS . The girl from St. Leonards, Sydney Bartz, was a girl who I have beaten and have raced against since I was in 5th grade. My other two rivals were from St. Joan of Arc and MQS ,Zoey Goodman, who was the girl who I have been up against since 5th grade and I have never beaten her because she has

To truly conceptualize the Trinity is very difficult. In our world, we have nothing to compare the Trinity to. There is nothing that is three

Ministering the Father’s love, grace and forgiveness, John and Carol Arnott have seen the Holy Spirit move in signs and wonders that has resulted in worldwide revival. Millions of lives have been touched and changed through God’s power and Christ’s love.

The word "Trinity" was first introduced theologically by Tertullian. He believed that God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit existed as one which he called the Trinity. He believed they were one God, of the same substance. Basil, Gregory of Nyssa and Gregory of Nazianzus, known as the Cappadocian fathers, are among the first to formulate the Doctrine of the Trinity. Stanley Grenz writes, "They declared that God is one ousia but three hypostaseis. The three independent realities share the same will, nature and essence. Yet each has special properties or activities" (Grenz p.60). One ousia means "one essence" and three hypostaseis means center of consciousness. The Blessed Trinity is one God in essence but self discloses as the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are different from one another in role but all are divine and are equal in deity. "Each of the three trinitarian members fulfills a specific role in the one divine program. The Father functions as the ground of the world and of the divine program for creation. The Son functions as the revealer of God, the exemplar and herald of the Father's will for creation, and the redeemer of human kind. And the Spirit functions as the personal divine power continuously active in the world, the completer of the divine will and program"(Grenz p.67). While they fulfill different roles, they commune with

According to the Christian worldview, there is one true God who is our all-powerful creator. The one true God, however, has three parts in one, call the Trinity. Although the word Trinity is not in the bible, theologians developed the understanding of the Trinity to explain why Christians worship, both Christ and

It is important to note the defined goals of the Trinity. One being that God sent His Son, Jesus did not send God. Jesus tells us in John 6, that He came to do the will of His Father. Jesus was not doing His own selfish will but everything He did was for His Father. Jesus and God sent the Holy Spirit according to Jesus’ words in John 14:26, “But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you”. It is necessary to recognize the distinctions of the roles of the Trinity as if the roles were not distinctive there would be no Trinity.

The sermon on the mount is relevant to my life today because it provides me with multiple life long reminders. When Jesus says "And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?" in verse 27, it is a really comforting reminder for someone who is more often than not, worrying about life.

Through the mystery of the Holy Trinity, in my view, God gives us the perfect example how we need live to reach the full potential God intends for us. Three distinct entities in one, each with their own roles working in relation(ship) with each other, making the whole stronger. The Triune God is unconditional love. Creation is born out of this unconditional love. God made Man, his ultimate creation, in His likeness and image, to be communal, interconnected and interdependent, not solitary or fully self-reliant. We must follow the example of the Holy Trinity and give freely of ourselves, our unique gifts, talents, and respect the roles of others in this creation of interconnected

I was born and raised in a Catholic environment: my family is Catholic, I attended Catholic schools until I graduated from high school and I still practice my beliefs and intend to pass it to my children when the time comes around. Catholicism is a religion that comes from Christianity and therefore Catholics are followers of Jesus Christ; it is a self-proclaimed monotheistic religion which sometimes I differ to acknowledge due to the fact that we, as Catholics, deified Virgin Mary to the point that is always present in our prayers and not only that, we also believe in many Saints; something that does not qualify as monotheistic. Also, there is The Trinity where there is one God, represented by three divine persons. But how can one person be three and three be one at the same time? This is one of the many questions I sometimes wonder about my religion…

Beginning in the book of Genesis the Holy Spirit is seen and takes an active role. “Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.” (Gen 1:2) At the time of creation the spirit was called ruah meaning, wind or breath of life. He was there at the beginning breathing the breath of life into human kind. The Holy Spirit was there at the forming of the earth and all that we know. He did not have to be there, nor did it meet a need of his, but out of his grace he chose to do it. The Holy Spirit along with the Trinity created all things, including humans. “The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life.” (Job 33:4) God gives man the breath of life, the Holy Spirit. When they die God withdraws the breath of life from

18Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.