Why do Christians believe in trinity?

Question

The New Encyclopdia Britannica states:

“Neither the word Trinity nor the explicit doctrine appears in the New Testament . . .

“The doctrine developed gradually over several centuries and through many controversies. . . .

“It was not until the 4th century that the distinctness of the three and their unity were brought together in a single orthodox doctrine of one essence and three persons.”

The New Catholic Encyclopedia makes a similar statement regarding the origin of the Trinity:

“The formula itself does not reflect the immediate consciousness of the period of origins; it was the product of 3 centuries of doctrinal development.”

Answer 1

because that is what we were taught

Answer 2

The word "bible" isn't in the bible either. But that does not mean that there is no such thing as the bible.

It is not necessary for the word "trinity" to be in the bible for it to remain true. Christianity is typically considered to be a "revealed religion", which means that as time goes on, we gain greater insights about our faith and our God by studying the word of God.

The trinitarian conception of God formed as we examined the bible, and realized that the things the apostles recorded were requiring of us to believe that Jesus' nature was divine. There was no avoiding the fact that John 1:1 stares us in the face and tells us that Jesus is God, has always existed, and is the very word of God through which the world was created.

So over the years, bishops and scholarly theologians found a way to fuse the monotheism we are called to with the clear idea that the bible gives us that there are different divine persons. The fact that it took some time for us to do this is unremarkable; Christianity is not Islam, and is not as bibliolatrously centred on its book. Christianity's centre is rather Jesus himself.

Answer 3

There are many reasons that are biblically based. In Genesis, the creator says, "let US make man in OUR own image." The words are in the plural sense.
In the New Testament, Jesus says, "I and the father are one." Later he explains that when he is resurrected he will ask the father to send the Holy Spirit to guide them into all truth. The e persons of the Godhead are described as being one yet separate entities. One other example is when Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River by John the Baptist. There we see Jesus, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit appears in the form of a dove and the voice of God the Father speaks from heaven, "This is my beloved son."

Answer 4

As a Catholic I believe in the Holy Trinity.
The Holy Trinity is made up of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Spirit. 3 in 1.
Jesus told his disciples to baptize people in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.+++

Answer 5

I think most believe in the Trinity is because that they were taught that by (Acts 20:29-30)false teachers. Most misinterpet scriptures(Rom.1:21; 12:16) to say what they want it to say too; without having God's spirit(1Cor.2:10,13-14 to lead them. Most are blinded to see what the scriptures actually say because God has blinded them like the scripture says in Rom.11:25. If they studied about the Trinity more;
http://www.heraldmag.org/olb/Contents/doctrine/The%20Origin%20of%20the%20Trinity.htm
http://home.swbell.net/havehope/holytrinity.html
http://jesus-messiah.com/apologetics/catholic/creeds.html
http://www.thunderministries.com/Beast/Apostasy.html
http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=utf-8&fr=slv8-&p=Papal%20Church%20adopted%20pagan%20trinity
http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=utf-8&fr=slv8-&p=arian%20tribes--trinity%20or%20no%20trinity
http://www.arian-catholic.org/arian/arianism.html
http://www.patmospapers.com/daniel/horns.htm
http://www.sabbatarian.com/Content/PlanDestruction.html
http://www.teachinghearts.org/dre04histempires.html
they would find out that some didn't believe in this concept and were killed because of it; especially the (Dan.7:8,24 = Heruli,Vandals and Ostrogoths)arian tribes because of their belief of no-trinity.
{Gibbons' Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, chapters 39:40}
A few of us don't believe in the TRINITY and we are called "heretics" because of it, but if you look at this site; it well tell you that former believers didn't believe in the Trinity either.
http://www.mindspring.com/~anthonybuzzard/trinity.htm

1JOHN 4:1 = "Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because MANY FALSE PROPHETS are gone out into the world."
(In reference to the crowd = Matt.7:13; 24:24; some departing from the faith = Acts 20:29-30)
PROVERBS 28:11 = "The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out."
{conceit = Prov.26:5; Rom.11:25; 12:16}
(In reference to Heb.5:14= "knowing good and evil"; 1Thess.5:21= "prove all things")

Answer 6

True Christians do not believe in the trinity because it is not a Bible teaching. Look hard but you will never find one scripture that says God is made up of 3 coequal persons.

Answer 7

There were many heresies that denied the importance of Jesus and the Holy Spirit. They were considered less than God. Finally, the final doctrine written by the Council of Nicea, stated that the Trinity was that God, Jesus, and The Holy Spirit are separate but the same.

Answer 8

The Bible does not support the Trinity doctrine, which is why true Christians do not believe in the Trinity.

Answer 9

Why do Christians believe in trinity?
Some Prefer to Have Their “Ears Tickled”

God made that heartfelt appeal to the Israelites because they were being misled by religious lies. (Psalm 106:35-40) We too must be on guard against falsehoods. Concerning professed Christians, Paul wrote: “There will be a period of time when they will not put up with the healthful teaching, but, in accord with their own desires, they will accumulate teachers for themselves to have their ears tickled; and they will turn their ears away from the truth.” 2 Timothy 4:3, 4.

Religious leaders tickle people’s ears by condoning practices and teachings that appeal to wrong desires, such as sex outside of marriage, homosexuality, and drunkenness. The Bible clearly states that those who approve of such things and those who practice them “will not inherit God’s kingdom.”

There is no such thing as the Trinity, This is largest lie that Satan uses to keep people from knowing who the True God is, if he can do this, he's got you.

“Concerning that day and hour nobody knows, neither the angels of the heavens nor the Son, but only the Father.” (Matthew 24:36) How do these words confirm that Jesus is not Almighty God?

Jesus says that the Father knows more than the Son does. If Jesus were part of Almighty God, however, he would know the same facts as his Father. So, then, the Son and the Father cannot be equal. Yet, some will say: ‘Jesus had two natures. Here he speaks as a man.’ But even if that were so, what about the holy spirit? If it is part of the same God as the Father, why does Jesus not say that it knows what the Father knows?

1st of all Jesus said: He pointed to God as the Source of his life, saying, “I live because of the Father.” According to the context, this meant that his life resulted from or was caused by his Father, even as the gaining of life by dying men would result from their faith in Jesus’ ransom sacrifice. Joh 6:56, 57.

Jesus’ being called the “only-begotten Son” (Joh 1:14; 3:16, 18) does not mean that the other spirit creatures produced were not God’s sons, for they are called sons as well. (Ge 6:2, 4; Job 1:6) However, by virtue of his being the sole direct creation of his Father, the firstborn Son was unique, different from all others of God’s sons, all of whom were created or begotten by Jehovah through that firstborn Son. So “the Word” was Jehovah’s “only-begotten Son” in a particular sense,

Jesus is also “Mighty God” and “Eternal Father.” This does not mean that he usurps the authority and position of Jehovah, who is “God our Father.” (2 Corinthians 1:2) “He [Jesus] . . . gave no consideration to a seizure, namely, that he should be equal to God.” (Philippians 2:6) He is called Mighty God, not Almighty God. Jesus never thought of himself as God Almighty, for he spoke of his Father as “the only true God,” that is, the only God who should be worshiped. (John 17:3;


Rev. 1:1; 3:14, RS: “The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him, why did God have to give the revelation to Jesus, if he is God? .

Does the Bible teach that none of those who are said to be included in the Trinity is greater or less than another, that all are equal, that all are almighty? Mark 13:32, RS: “Of that day or that hour no ones knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.” (Of course, that would not be the case if Father, Son, and Holy Spirit were coequal, comprising one Godhead. And if, as some suggest, the Son was limited by his human nature from knowing, the question remains, Why did the Holy Spirit not know?)

John 14:28, RS: “[Jesus said:] If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I go to the Father; for the Father is greater than I.”

1 Cor. 11:3, RS: “I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a woman is her husband, and the head of Christ is God.” (Clearly, then, Christ is not God, and God is of superior rank to Christ. It should be noted that this was written about 55 C.E., some 22 years after Jesus returned to heaven.

A person who is really seeking to know the truth about God is not going to search the Bible hoping to find a text that he can construe as fitting what he already believes. He wants to know what God’s Word itself says. He may find some texts that he feels can be read in more than one way, but when these are compared with other Biblical statements on the same subject their meaning will become clear. It should be noted at the outset that most of the texts used as “proof” of the Trinity actually mention only two persons, not three; so even if the Trinitarian explanation of the texts were correct, these would not prove that the Bible teaches the Trinity.

Answer 10

Wrong its in Matt 28:19 commanded to be used in baptism
alos 1 John 5:7

Answer 11

I'm christian (not Catholic) and I believe the Trinity is false. It's false teaching. How can Jesus Christ be God and the Sun AND the Holly Ghost? It makes no sense. Jesus is God's Son and the Holy Ghost (spirit) is a force God uses to strengthen his faithful servants in their time of need.