The Role Of Religion In The Trinity Of God

The Christian worldview believes in trinity, which means God is a trinity of persons. That is God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit are one. This was evident during creation. In Genesis 1:26 states “then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on

According to Genesis 1:1 (New Living Translation)”In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth”. This states that God is the creator of the universe and all living things. Not only was he the creator of the Universe, but it is vital to have the knowledge that he was the sole creator in this act. By God being the sole creator this shows that he is a sovereign God (Diffey, 2015). The Trinitarian, also known as the Trinity, the understanding of God is a crucial part when it comes to the Christian worldview (Diffey, 2015). The doctrine of the Trinity refers to the Godhead- God the Father, God the Son (Jesus Christ who is fully God and fully man), and God the Holy Spirit- three persons, same substance, one God (Jesus Christ, 2015). Regarding the Trinity, God is the first person in the Trinity, which is the Godhead-God the

To understand God you must first get a decent understanding of the bible. The bible has been translated from the

I will like to crave your indulgence to the fact that "Nicene concept of Trinity" is never stated in the Bible, and it is that early Christians as well as the scriptures clearly points out the fact that Jesus was fully divine and pre-existent. For the fact that, none of the early Christian theologians fully asserted the doctrine of the Trinity, not even a speculation about the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. According to the father of the paganism description of Trinity "God can in no way be described." (Schindler 148).

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.

The traditional Christian belief that God is a Trinity can be summarized briefly: God is three persons in one divine nature. These three persons are traditionally named Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. But, it seems like different religions have their different views of disagreeing with God being trinity. I can see why there is a disagreement because God is labeled to be three people, when people believe that God is one person. I personally believe that everybody can have their own way of defining God through their perception or they can follow what he reveals to us. Despite these challenges, it is possible to defend the doctrine of the trinity as a reasonable belief.

It is difficult for humans to ever fully understand God as his greatness is beyond comprehension. However, we do know about many different parts of God. The Old Testament fathers,

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,

There is nothing like going to church on Sundays and listening to a very heartfelt sermon about how God played a role in someone’s life. Not only that, but also the stories each Sunday vary depending on whether the Father, Son, or Holy Spirit is given the credit in the story. Sadly, some preachers fail to explain that all three persons were active in the person’s life. Walter Martin, an American Evangelical Christian minister and author, makes sure to point out that the “Doctrine of the Trinity teaches that within the unity of the one Godhead there are three separate persons who are coequal in power, nature, and eternity” (Martin). The most important part about this statement being that the three different persons within the Godhead are equally the same. So how does this make sense?

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

The doctrine of the Trinity is the study of who God is, what God is like, how God works, and how God is to be approached (Erickson). God as Trinity was established by the dogma of the ancient Church and defends the central faith of the Bible and the Church (Grenz). The Christian doctrine of the Trinity states that there is One God who is three divine persons; the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. I will describe how the early Christian church came to its understanding of God as Three-in-One.

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 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

The three statements that summarize the biblical teaching are: God is three persons, each person is fully God, and there is one God (Grudem, 106). The Trinity is revealed to us when Jesus speaks to the disciples and says, “The Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name...” (John 14:26). This is a revelation of God in three persons by the Son of God himself (Grudem, 107). Matthew 3:16-17 also shows us that each person is fully God and yet one for example: Jesus is standing there having just been baptized; the Holy Spirit is represented by the dove ascending; and God the Father speaks in a thunderous voice from heaven. We know that they are each distinct yet one, since Isaiah 45:5 God tells us, “I am the Lord, and there

Christians believe the image of God to be three Gods merged into one. The Trinity’s components are the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit and they are all equal. Each form of God has the same attributes of all-powerful, all-knowing, always present,