What is the trnity?

Question

I know its Father, Son, Holy Spirit, but wouldn't that make it a polytheistic religion. My Christian friends say that they are all parts of God/attributes.

Could you also go into detail of each part.

Answer 1

The trinity is not polytheistic because it is not a belief in multiple gods. The members of the trinity are all God, but do different things. You have God the father, Jesus the son, and the Holy Spirit through which God does his work. They are all God, they are the three forms of God, much like water has three forms (liquid, solid, and steam) but all three are still water. Its a very complicated and at times difficult thing to understand, thus faith is important thing when one is trying to understand the trinity.

Answer 2

‘But isn’t Jesus called a god in the Bible?’ someone may ask. This is true. Yet Satan is also called a god. (2 Corinthians 4:4) At John 1:1, which refers to Jesus as “the Word,” some Bible translations say: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” But notice, verse 2 says that the Word was “in the beginning with God.” And while men have seen Jesus, verse 18 says that “no man hath seen God at any time.” (Authorized or King James Version) So we find that some translations of verse 1 give the correct idea of the original language when they read: “The Word was with God, and the Word was divine,” or was “a god,” that is, the Word was a powerful godlike one. (An American Translation) Clearly, Jesus is not Almighty God. In fact, Jesus spoke of his Father as “my God” and as “the only true God.”

Did Jesus ever say that he was God? No, he never did. Rather, in the Bible he is called “God’s Son.” And he said: “The Father is greater than I am.” Also, Jesus explained that there were some things that neither he nor the angels knew but that only God knew. (Mark 13:32) Further, on one occasion Jesus prayed to God, saying: “Let, not my will, but yours take place.” (Luke 22:42) If Jesus were the Almighty God, he would not have prayed to himself, would he? In fact, following Jesus’ death, the Scripture says: “This Jesus God resurrected.” (Acts 2:32) Thus the Almighty God and Jesus are clearly two separate persons. Even after his death and resurrection and ascension to heaven, Jesus was still not equal to his Father.


As for the “Holy Spirit,” the so-called third Person of the Trinity, this is not a person but God’s active force. John the Baptizer said that Jesus would baptize with holy spirit, even as John had been baptizing with water. Hence, in the same way that water is not a person, holy spirit is not a person. (Matthew 3:11) What John foretold was fulfilled when, following the death and resurrection of Jesus, holy spirit was poured out on his followers gathered in Jerusalem. The Bible says: “They all became filled with holy spirit.” (Acts 2:4) Were they “filled” with a person? No, but they were filled with God’s active force. Thus the facts make clear that the Trinity is not a Bible teaching. Actually, long before Jesus walked the earth gods were worshiped in groups of three, or trinities, in places such as ancient Egypt and Babylon.

Answer 3

no. because all 3 are like parts of God. its hard to explain, but i'll try. God is like the supreme being of all living things, for he created Earth, humans, animals, and the universe, etc. The Holy Spirit is the part of God that is in every single Christian, whether he/she is a new convert or always was a Christian since birth. The Holy Spirit also watches each one of us, helping us make good decisions, etc. Lastly, God the Son is basically Jesus Christ, since Jesus was the son of God himself, or it can also be said that Jesus Christ is God in human form. I know way more than this, but is you want to know everything about the Trinity read the whole Bible (both Old and New Testaments)

Answer 4

Yes, the Bible says that the gospel is foolishness to those who are perishing. Abdul might want to check into other books a little more and evaluate his life to see if "Allah" really cares or not. As far as being Polytheistic, the infamous 1 John 5:7 (KJV) clears up the mystery of the trinity better than my words.

For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

Answer 5

The Encyclopedia of Religion admits: "Theologians today are in agreement that the Hebrew Bible does not contain a doctrine of the Trinity." And the New Catholic Encyclopedia also says: "The doctrine of the Holy Trinity is not taught in the O[ld] T[estament]."

Similarly, in his book The Triune God, Jesuit Edmund Fortman admits: "The Old Testament . . . tells us nothing explicitly or by necessary implication of a Triune God who is Father, Son and Holy Spirit. . . . There is no evidence that any sacred writer even suspected the existence of a [Trinity] within the Godhead. . . . Even to see in [the "Old Testament"] suggestions or foreshadowings or 'veiled signs' of the trinity of persons, is to go beyond the words and intent of the sacred writers."

An examination of the Hebrew Scriptures themselves will bear out these comments. Thus, there is no clear teaching of a Trinity in the first 39 books of the Bible that make up the true canon of the inspired Hebrew Scriptures.

WELL, then, do the Christian Greek Scriptures ("New Testament") speak clearly of a Trinity?

The Encyclopedia of Religion says: "Theologians agree that the New Testament also does not contain an explicit doctrine of the Trinity."

Jesuit Fortman states: "The New Testament writers . . . give us no formal or formulated doctrine of the Trinity, no explicit teaching that in one God there are three co-equal divine persons. . . . Nowhere do we find any trinitarian doctrine of three distinct subjects of divine life and activity in the same Godhead."

The New Encyclopædia Britannica observes: "Neither the word Trinity nor the explicit doctrine appears in the New Testament."

Bernhard Lohse says in A Short History of Christian Doctrine: "As far as the New Testament is concerned, one does not find in it an actual doctrine of the Trinity."

The New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology similarly states: "The N[ew] T[estament] does not contain the developed doctrine of the Trinity. 'The Bible lacks the express declaration that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are of equal essence' [said Protestant theologian Karl Barth]."

Yale University professor E. Washburn Hopkins affirmed: "To Jesus and Paul the doctrine of the trinity was apparently unknown; . . . they say nothing about it."—Origin and Evolution of Religion.

Historian Arthur Weigall notes: "Jesus Christ never mentioned such a phenomenon, and nowhere in the New Testament does the word 'Trinity' appear. The idea was only adopted by the Church three hundred years after the death of our Lord."—The Paganism in Our Christianity.

Thus, neither the 39 books of the Hebrew Scriptures nor the canon of 27 inspired books of the Christian Greek Scriptures provide any clear teaching of the Trinity.

As hard as you may look, you will not find one scripture in the Bible tat says God is made up of 3 Co-Equal, co-eternal persons.

Answer 6

Christians believe in what is called a "triune" God or three in one. All three parts are God, just in a different form.
The Father, Son and Holy Spirit are connected in a way that is not fully understood by humans, in fact the Bible calls the Trinity a mystery in of itself.
We won't know all there is to know about the Trinity until God reveals it to us.
The Father is the Creator of all things, as is the Son, as is the Holy Spirit.
The Son is the part of the Trinity that died to remove our sins, after all only God can redeem us.
The Holy Spirit is the one that fills the hearts of believers and helps them to cope in their daily Christian lives.

Answer 7

God is the father, Jesus is the son, and the Holy Spirit, they are all one, so our belief is not polytheistic, because we believe in one God, one entity, with 3 facets (spirits)that are one ,so to speak, thats the best way I can explain it I hope that helps.

Answer 8

God, the Father, Jesus, the Son, and The Holy Spirit- all one. God became flesh, Jesus Christ- John 1:1 and Sent His Spirit to those who are saved, and we are sealed with it, when we are saved- See Ephesians 1-2
--So it is HIM who lives in us- through His Holy Spirit and Christ that also dwells in us- because He too resides in the Holy Spirit.

Read John 14 too.

Answer 9

The Trinity

Not three different entities equal one. But one entity with three parts.

Its God as the figurehead + him in the flesh (which was Jesus) + the holy spirit who ties it all together spiritually= this all equals the HOLY TRINITY

We are talking about entities, beings, not of human nature so it is a little hard for us to comprehend .

Answer 10

ONE God. So MONOtheistic, NOT polytheistic.
He revealed that He eternally exists as three "Persons"., Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Three co-Equal "Persons" but ONLY ONE God..

For details of each PERSON, read the BOOK.