The Christian Beliefs Of The Trinity

Once, there were words saying “If you try to explain the Trinity, you will lose your mind, but if you deny it, you will lose your soul”. (Pritchard) The knowledge of God the Trinity is the center of the Christian faith. Yet many believers have got confused in understanding the true natures of the personalities and relationships of each person in God the Trinity. Endless questions continuously appear, again and again, giving Christians a sense of extremely misty confusion towards the magnificent attributes of every person in the Trinity. Who has an answer to these questions? None, none but God Himself who has given us guidance through a lot of ways, as He is the supreme creator and ruler of knowledge. The Bible itself is the strongest, richest, and most dependable source of

Traditional Trinitarian language states that God is one ousia (substance/nature/essence) and three hypostases (persons). To stand within orthodox Christianity is to confess the Athanasian Creed—“That we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity; neither confounding the Persons; nor dividing the Essence.” Each person of the Trinity is consubstantial, co-eternal and co-equal in glory and majesty. This understanding of the Trinity is essential to what it means to be a Christian. For this reason John Wesley is able to say in his sermon “On the Trinity,” “It [the Trinity] lies at the root of all vital religion.”

This was the question that popped up in my head after reading the first chapter of The Orthodox Way, God as Mystery. More ironically, before they answered my question did they tell me that Jesus Christ is God and Holy Spirit is God as well. Usually multi-identities are not an issue for me or for anyone, but this time is a little, or a lot, different when it comes to God. In the chapter, God as Trinity, “The Christian God is not just a unit but a union, not just unity but a community… He is Trinity: three equal persons, each one dwelling in the other two by virtue of an unceasing movement of mutual love” said Ware (P. 27). Ono thing that needs to be confirmed first is that there is only One God, and God is the one essence embracing three persons. Secondly, in the case of Trinity a person is not just an individual, as opposed to that three human persons always “retain their own will and own energy no matter how closely they co-operate together” (P. 30). This indicates the property of “distinction but never separation” within the three persons; they are distinct as in differentiation and they are never separate because of the relationship formed by the shared one will and one energy. As a consequence, we surely have to turn to the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit if we want to know God holistically, especially the Oneness of God (Jones,

The Trinity believes God is three persons that exist in one being – the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The scripture commonly used as a basis for this belief is John 1:1 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God” (Engelbrecht, 2009) If you ask a Christian to explain any biblical doctrine they can easily offer an explanation. However, if you ask them to explain the Trinity, they will cannot. This begs the question, “how is it you follow a doctrine which you cannot explain?”

The Trinity is a hard concept for the human minds to fully comprehend. Although the word “Trinity” is not mentioned in the Bible, there is evidence that God is three in one. Jesus’ baptism described in Matthew 3:13-17 references the Trinity. Matthew speaks of Jesus coming out of the water, the heavens opening, and describing the Spirit of God descending like a dove and a voice from heaven saying “This is my Son, whom I love.” Also, in Matthew 29:19 it says “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit,” clearly stating they are made equal. Another example of the Trinity interpreted in the Bible is Genesis 1:26 saying “Then God said let us make man in our image.” It is almost like God is having a “discussion” with the Son and the Holy Spirit to make man like them. There are many references throughout the New Testament that make clear the plurality of this doctrine.

The Trinity consists of God, the Father, Jesus, the Son of God and the Holy Spirit. The Christian faith recognizes there is one God and He is one with His Son, Jesus and the Holy Spirit. The purpose of this essay is to describe the interrelationship of the three persons of the Trinity. This will include the concepts of the economic trinity, the essential trinity and the social trinity.

The belief in the Holy Trinity is what I believe to be the most important belief in Christianity. The Holy Trinity consists of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The first part of the Trinity is the Father or God. Christians believe that God created the world, and that he sustains it. They believe that God is all-powerful, all-knowing, all-present, and all-good. The God in Christianity is the same God as in Judaism. Jewish people believe that their God is the God of Abraham, and Christians believe the same. Christians also believe that God has a love for all people, and a desire to save the world. Christians believe that God chose to reveal himself through the second part of the Trinity (Trinitarian Monotheism, 2015).

The Trinity is an area of the Christian faith where Christians and non-Christians alike struggle to explain the Godhead in a way that is biblical and understandable.  In this paper I will discuss whether there is any mention of the the word Trinity in the Bible at all and what does the biblical concept of Trinity mean? I will explain as well how this Triune concept is expressed biblically and what are the similarities / differences between God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit? Finally, I will discuss what it means to be a Trinitarian with a Jehovah’s Witness.

The Bible clearly speaks of God the Son, God the Father, and God the Holy Spirit, but insists that there is only ONE God. If we were to be mathematical about this we’d say 1 + 1 + 1 = 3 but no, it would be 1 x 1 x 1 = 1 because God is a triune. God is three people in one. The word trinity explains a lot about this. The word trinity has two origin words, “tri” meaning three and unity meaning one, thus makes the Trinity. Since the beginning we have never seen God as one identity, Jesus and the Holy Spirit have always been

I believe in the Trinity, that God exists as a Three-in-One being as God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. I believe God the Father is the one true almighty God, even

The Holy Trinity is a difficult thing to understand, much less to explain. This is true not just for non-Christians, but Christians themselves. The best explanation many young Christians get when they are growing up is that God is God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit are all one, but are different in their own ways (such was the case with my own upbringing in a Catholic household, so I speak from experience). This doesn’t seem to make much sense, especially considering that it is similar to another Holy Mystery that is often brought up: that of Jesus Christ being wholly man and wholly God at the same time. The answers are more often than not unsatisfying, seemingly feeling like placeholders, and this frustration is only

The Trinity is the word that we use to describe the nature of God. God consists of three simultaneous, eternal persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. God being simultaneous or existing at the exact same time as three different entities is one of the key concepts of the Trinity. These three Persons not only exist as one in the present moment, but will continue to do so with no end. The way they relate to each other is eternal and also unchangeable. The Trinity has always been, and will always be. The Trinity has no beginning nor an end. All three Persons in the Trinity are the same in nature, as well as being completely divine with equal attributes.

Trinity In Chapter 6 of Theology and Sanity, F. J. Sheed explains the debate of three distinct beings possessing the same nature from the doctrine of Trinity. Sheed begins by identifying the problem in how different branches of Christians perceive the idea of “how one can equal three.” Christians who accept the idea of three distinct people with one divine nature accept it through faith. It cannot be understood, it can only be accepted with having faith in God as it came from the Word of God.

Muslims believe there is one God, creator of everything. This belief in one God is mutual and brought into Christianity and Islam through their predecessor—Judaism. If we examine the early histories of the children of Judaism we can see that it was Christianity which took a different path, straying (in a sense) from this ideal through a constructed belief in Jesus as part of a Holy Trinity rather than a prophet of God. The Trinity can be just as much of a stumbling block for Muslims as the name Allah is for Christians, though the Trinity is a much more complex concept to explain because it connotes the perception of multiple Gods. How can we explain the Trinity in a manner that creates a bridge of dialogue between the two faiths, instead of

Beginning around the fourth century, Christian councils were forced to respond to the heresies of Arianism and Sabellianism, whose views on the Trinity were unacceptable to many Christians. As a response, the councils composed creeds such as the Nicene Creed and Athanasian Creed. In current times, philosophers Jeff Brower and Michael Rea try to explain the doctrine of the Trinity through analogies. I will discuss the two heresies and creeds, as well as the analogies presented.