The Central Statement Of Trinitarian Faith

The incarnation and atonement of Jesus Christ are the enduring elements of the Christian theology. Many theologians have spent their time discussing and developing these Christian doctrines on how they came about, and how relevant they might be. According to Anselm, incarnation is a central doctrine of Christianity, followed by atonement. In order to ponder on the relationship between atonement and incarnation focusing on Anselm’s idea of satisfaction, we are supposed to look at the meanings of atonement, as well as incarnation. However, the doctrines of incarnation and atonement are interrelated as elucidated by many theologians.

Trinitarian doctrine distinguishes Christianity from other religions and serves as a barometer for measuring orthodox Christian faith. The Athanasian Creed begins its forty-four line doctrinal commitment by stipulating that whoever will be saved hold to the catholic faith “that we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity.”1 The church accepted these terms and has continued the tradition of affirming a Triune God as described in Scripture. To uphold orthodox Christianity is to affirm trinitarian doctrine. In practice however this doctrine appears irrelevant. German philosopher Immanuel Kant complained that “absolutely nothing worthwhile for the practical life can be made out of the doctrine of the Trinity.” If trinitarian faith

Over the centuries, Christianity has organised its beliefs into a systematic theology that draws from its sacred writing and tradition. While the main beliefs of Christianity are shared by all Christian variants, there are degrees of different in the interpretation of these beliefs and how they are lived out in everyday life. This can be seen in the important of sacred text, principle belief of the concept of salvation in John 3:16, principle belief of divine and humanity in ‘John 1:14’, principle belief of resurrection in ‘Mark 16:1-8’, principle belief of revelation in ‘1 corinthians14:6’, and beliefs through the Trinity in ‘2 Corinthians 13:14’. This essay will explain the important of the sacred text and the principal beliefs of Christianity.

‘Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, with all thy soul, with all thy mind, and with all thy strength. The second is like unto it. Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two precepts hang all the law and the prophets’ (Mathew 22.37, 38, 39, 40). ‘By this all men know that they are my disciples, if ye have love one to another’ (John 13.35) …’He who loveth God loveth his brother also’ (1 John 4.21) …’If any man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar’ (1 John 4.20) …The first thing that takes our attention is the saying of Jesus, ‘Thou shalt love,’ etc. (501-2)

The Nicene Creed appointed the roles of trinity by using the familiar triad set forth by Plato. God maintains His position as the Father and most important; Jesus becomes a divine human - born of the Father and the Holy Spirit; and the Holy Spirit brings knowledge and truths which are set forth by both the Father and Son. “The true foundation upon which the doctrine rests is God himself… it is God as he acted in history, entering our world as a Jewish carpenter named Jesus, dying and rising again to save. It is God as he acted in history at Pentecost, descending as the Spirit to share life with the Christian church.” Thus the Trinity Doctrine was born out of Plato’s triad. The Goodness is God; the ideas are Jesus; and the World-Spirit is

The Harper Collins definition is, “The chief purpose of love is to bring one’s neighbor into communion with God. True self-love and love for God are coincident or coextensive.” This definition says that to love others you have to bring others to God, just as St. Francis of Assisi said, “Preach the gospel at all times. When

No emotion has such universal meaning as love. It is an integral part of the human condition. Love is the basis for by which all other emotions can be gauged. Friendship and even grief are steeped in love. Love is so central to our lives that it is fitting and proper that it should be the topic of so much discussion. Every culture and every writer has some commentary or evaluation of love. The New Testament has its share of love commentary. The entire basis of the Christian tradition is God's love for humanity. "God so loved the world that he gave his only Son." (John 3:6) Jesus preached a great deal about love of neighbor, love of God and even love of enemies. (Matt 5:44) Shakespeare's Biblical knowledge is well known and he

us by sent his only begotten son in world. 1 John 4; 10 ‘He is love, not that we loved God,

The outline of the essay goes like this; There is one statement for each section; there are four discussion questions; 1) Why does this statement stand out to you? 2)Is this insight, or point I wish to challenge ?3) Highlight some scripture on this subject 4) how is this issue important for God's plan for the nations? The second part of the body is a reflection of the outtake material.

The goal of this paper is to answer the question of how the Church and its leaders should explain the second member of the Trinity to an inquiring new believer. It is the assumption of this paper that conversations about the Holy Spirt will most likely come up during formal or informal catechesis. While engaging new believers on this topic, it would be wise to have guidelines for a doctrine that can be very confusing. In an attempt to organize what should be conveyed concerning the Holy

The first conceptual difference of theological realm derives from the necessity of respecting not only the unity and oneness of the subject at issue (God) but also its simplicity that should be in conflict with any perspective of divisibility. The theological inapplicability of dualistic scheme relating to natural subsistence makes Gilbert speak about “essence” (essentia) referring to quo est and that’s the “divinity” (divinitas), and quod est designating the trinity (of one deus). Beyond the eventual theological and heretic questions, it is relevant to highlight that in Trinitarian doctrine the distinction of these two elements and the enumeration of the three persons are claimed to exclude any possibility of being not one quite in virtue of being three and not more.

The central, and largest portion of the Creed is dedicated toward revealing that God the Son became man, lived a fully human life, suffered during a historical time, died, and rose from the dead for the salvation of the world. The creed flows from the Apostolic encounter and witness of God the Son in the flesh revealing Himself as Lord to them. The Apostles in turn facilitate that encounter with the living God for others to establish the communion of believers and the people of God who enter into the Body of Christ through baptism. The baptized in term confess their faith in and love for their one Lord, the God of Israel, Jesus Christ. Through this encounter with the God that saves them, they enter into the paschal mystery, which is the kernel or core of the creed. Through this central element the Gospel is summarized and conveyed. From the Son becoming man, and living ever for His passion, death, resurrection, ascension, and sending of the Spirit we can see that the life of Christ is also centered on the paschal mystery. The paschal mystery in turn reveals the love of the Father, serves as the path for all to become sons in the Son, through the Sacraments of the Church, by the power of the Spirit. Thus we can see that the Trinity is Christocentric, Christ is paschocentric, and the Paschal Mystery is itself Trinitarian. These truths enlighten and explain the creeds Christocentric and Trinitarian structure and

We are all born to love. When we enter this world, we are loved by our parents, and that nurtures our ability to love other people. If we are not nurtured from a young age, then we can lose a lot of the ability to do so. If we are not saved at a young age, we could also lose the ability love God, which could be devastating to our life, including our eternal one. In Mark 12:30-31, it says, “And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart…”. We should love God with all of our heart, and that is the most important thing.

Nicene Creed and its historical importance in the acceptance of the full divinity of Jesus Christ. I

The Bible tells us to love one another as Christ has loved us (John 15:12 NJB). If we love others this way then people will know we are God’s disciples (John 13:35 NJB). Now true love is willing to put other before we put ourselves (Rom 12:10 NJB). It is so strong that we will even be willing to lay down our own lives for other people (John 15:13