I know it can be said that all 3 act as one.. one in spirit. But I want to know if you believe they are 3 seperate beings acting as ONE in purpose.. ? Or One Being acting ..doing the work of 3 purposes?
2006-07-19 08:04:19 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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The Trinity is 3 persons who share the same substance. It is not right to think of the Trinity as 3 personalities, or three different states (like ice, water, vapor), or 3 different parts of a whole (like parts of an egg, parts of a car, etc), or 3 different temporal activities of one God (The Father of the OT, The Christ of the NT, the Spirit of the Present), or should you think of them as 3 individual beings. The terminology is very important because it forms the basis for the whole Catholic metaphysics of creation, redemption, salvation, ecclesiology, eschatology, etc.
Each person of the Trinity is wholly God. The Son lacks nothing of the Father and the Spirit lacks nothing of the Son. However, they are wholly different persons. It is a complex part of the Faith that is RATIONAL but not LOGICAL.
Let me quote the great Fr. Most
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Even though the Three Persons are One God, yet they are distinct: for the Father has no origin, He came from no one. But the Son is begotten, He comes from the Father alone. The Holy Spirit comes or proceeds from both the Father and the Son. These different relations of origin tell us there are three distinct Persons, who have one and the same divine nature.
Even though everything the Three Persons do outside the Divine nature is done by all Three, yet it is suitable that we attribute some works specially to one or the other Person. So we speak of the Father especially as the power of creation, of the Son as the wisdom of the Father, of the Holy Spirit as goodness and sanctification.
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Let me now quote from the Baltimore Catechism
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29. What do we mean by the Blessed Trinity?
By the Blessed Trinity we mean one and the same God in three divine Persons.
30. Are the three divine Persons really distinct from one another?
The three divine Persons are really distinct from one another.
(a) Although the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost are distinct Persons, they are not distinct in nature. The nature of the Father is entirely the nature of the Son; and the nature of the Father and the Son is entirely the nature of the Holy Ghost.
31. Are the three divine Persons perfectly equal to one another?
The three divine Persons are perfectly equal to one another, because all are one and the same God.
(a) No one of the three Persons precedes the others in time or in power, but all are equally eternal and all-powerful because they have the same divine nature.
32. How are the three divine Persons, though really distinct from one another, one and the same God?
The three divine Persons, though really distinct from one another, are one and the same God because all have one and the same divine nature.
(a) Because the three divine Persons have one and the same divine nature, they have the same perfections and the same external works are produced by them. But in order that we may better know the three divine Persons, certain perfections and works are attributed to each Person; for example, omnipotence and the works of omnipotence, such as creation, to the Father; wisdom and the works of wisdom, such as enlightenment, to the Son, love and the works of love, such as sanctification, to the Holy Ghost.
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2006-07-19 08:51:18 · answer #1 · answered by Liet Kynes 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The doctrine of the Holy Trinity states that God is a single Being who exists, simultaneously and eternally, as three persons: the Father; the Son; and the Holy Spirit.
Since the 4th Century AD, in both Eastern and Western Christianity, this doctrine has been stated as "One God in Three Persons," all three of whom, as distinct and co-eternal "persons" share a single Divine nature.
How this works is not fully known and is one the the Christian mysteries.
There is a story told about St Augustine: Augustine was walking along the seashore trying to figure out the mystery of the Holy Trinity and came up to a little boy. The boy was trying to pour the ocean into a hole in the sand with a seashell. Augustine told the boy what he was doing was impossible. Then the little boy told Augustine that it is also impossible for the mind of man to try to understand the mystery of the Holy Trinity. The little boy turned into an angel and disappeared.
With love in Christ.
2006-07-19 17:25:53 · answer #2 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not 100% sure what you're asking, but I think that The Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit are three forms of the same being.
2006-07-19 08:08:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We believe that there is only one God. In God there are three divine persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Peace Be With You,
Debra
2006-07-19 08:49:48 · answer #4 · answered by Debra M. Wishing Peace To All 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ok tell her that god and jesus are 2 distinctive human beings. various christians base their perception of trinity in line with john a million:a million, yet that may not authentic, in case you look heavily and save interpreting you will see that they are genuinely distinctive persons. and the place it says that they are one, it is no longer literal, and that i will instruct it to you. so do no longer hear to everyone else till you hear this. the bible mentions that god's call is jehovah and jesus call is jesus christ. matthew 26:39 mentions how jesus is praying to his father. if jesus replace into god then how could that be attainable. john 8:17,18 mentions how jesus defined that he replace into sent with the aid of his father john 17:a million-3 makes it much extra sparkling when you examine john a million:a million,2 examine john a million:18 and notice no be counted if it is clever. john 10:30 is what maximum christians base their perception on. because of the fact it says that god and Jesus are one yet then in a while it says that john 17:21,22 jesus pronounced of his disciples "that they pray so as that they are able to be one" so does that recommend that his disciples are the comparable man or woman? no. it is no longer speaking literal, and if human beings somewhat payed interest to interpreting the full bible deeply they could comprehend this. i recommend you ask this question to a Jehovah witness, they'll instruct you from the bible and it is no longer suitable what faith your bible is from. sturdy success at finding your answer.
2016-11-02 08:47:41 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they are one and the same.......
2006-07-19 08:12:58 · answer #6 · answered by KeLs 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋