Trinitarian Beliefs

It’s well known that the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost exist. But who they are is what separates these two religions. Ephesians 4: 4-6 and Isaiah 59:16 causes Apostolic to believe that there is one Lord only. This one Lord is the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Apostolics believe that Jesus is God in the flesh. Baptists are convinced that Jesus, God, and The Holy Ghost are three different people. That the trinity is three separate beings. Romans 8: 34 is why Baptists are certain that there is a difference between the trinities. In Romans it states Jesus in at the right hand of God making intercession for

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

Both Roman Catholics and the Eastern Orthodox Church comprehended God to exist in three structures, known as the Trinity. God is three in one, the Father, the Son, and Holy Spirit.

Often held as a rite of passage and entrance into the Christian church, baptism is much more than just symbolic ritual. Baptism was commanded by Jesus Christ in the Great Commission recounted in the book of Matthew. Even though we are simplistically called to be obedient by being baptized the Christian church has long debated the aspects of this ordinance. Denominations are divided on the basic meaning, types and modes of baptism even two thousand years after the founding of the Christian church. Just as the other ordinance, the Lord’s Supper, congregations find themselves at odd with tradition, biblical interpretation and even individual understanding. However, the simple message of this awe inspiring act can be explained out of the

In addition, each of the religions believe in a God but do not necessarily worship the same God. I believe in a heavenly figure whose name is called God, the Father. In my religion, we believe that He is the only God there is and no other. Now, God is said to be part of the Trinity, which means God is made up of three, which are God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit.

Most current Christians trust the Godhead is triune, implying that the three people of the Trinity are in one union in which every individual is additionally completely God. They additionally hold to the precept of a man-god Christ Jesus as God incarnate. These Christians additionally don't trust that one of the three heavenly figures is God alone and the other two are not but rather that each of the three are strangely God and one.Some Christian religions, for example, Mormonism, contend that the Godhead is in reality three separate people which incorporate God the Father, His Son Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost. Every individual having an unmistakable reason in the fantastic presence of mankind. Besides, Mormons trust that before the Council of Nicaea, the dominating conviction among numerous early Christians was that the

Although Christians will argue that their religion is monotheistic, virtually all other religions argue to the contrary. Muslims and Jews both consider the Christian Holy Trinity to be clear evidence of tri-theism. This is a view which has great weight to it. If God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are all gods, then it seems logical to say that indeed the Christians are tri-theists. This is belief in three gods is shared by the Zoroastrians, who believe that Ahura Mazda, Spenta Mainyu and Anghra Mainyu are all gods.

Wesley pictures baptism as essential for the Church and baptism is a holy observance for

Trinity and Society makes case that there are three primary developments of Trinitarian thought, each of which arose to address particular errors predominate in a given culture and time. First, in the Roman culture where polytheism was prevalent, the Latin fathers emphasized the oneness of God. When the Greek fathers were battling Arianism or modalism, they focused more on the diversity in God, and came to unity through diversity. In our context, where individualism often reigns, there is a need

Trinitarian view, on the other hand, is the participation with the Son’s communion with the Father. Torrance

We believe that there is one, and only one, living and true God. He is an infinite, intelligent Spirit, the Maker and Supreme Ruler of heaven and earth, glorious in holiness, and worthy of all possible worship, trust, and love. In the unity of the Godhead there are three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, equal in every divine perfection, and executing distinct but complimentary offices in the great work of redemption.

It can be also argues that the doctrine of the Trinity violates the unity of God, calling on Christians to worship three gods instead of one.

“Would God have chosen to reveal himself to us as the one God who is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, unless he knew that this would be important to our understanding of him and of our faith? Must it not be the case that God cares greatly that we “get it,” that we see him for who he is?” This is the very heart of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit: Relationships, Roles, and Relevance, by Dr. Bruce Ware, who serves in various key facets at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY. Despite the fact that this book was intended for a pastor’s conference only, to the gratitude of Ware’s secretary, we now have what one critic considers, “a thorough theological treatise that any biblical literate laymen can understand”

In the Christian faith triune God is very significant. “Christian” is Trinitarian, describing Jesus as the one whom the Father anoints (christos) with the Spirit so that the Spirit may anoint our own lives (16). Christians confess Jesus as the risen Lord of the universe, but is proclaimed to be inseparable from the one who sent him, the one Jesus knew intimately as “Abba,” or “dear Father.” The ultimate paradox of Christianity is Jesus. Having Jesus at its very center disclosed as the source, the meaning, and the definitive answer to all of human longings causes this ultimate paradox. Fatula goes on to discuss, that although Jesus is the triune God, many of the people would not identify this God as the living God we actually experience in our own daily lives.

As the first mark states the Church is one. She remains one because of the belief in one God, and also that Jesus instituted the one Church. since the Church is known as one we acknowledge "the unity and solidarity of the Church." (The Church: Sacrament of Salvation) With the catholic faith spread around the world many different customs arise but the Church still remain in unity. This is because the church's unity does not come from her members but from God, her divine source. The many members of the Church are united with