Why is the doctine of the Godhead in the Bible and the Trinity is not, yet more "Christians" follow the doctrine of the trinty?
2007-05-13 15:49:02 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
emision: you just proved yourself wrong... you said three persons... the trinity is one person.
2007-05-13 16:00:47 · update #1
Well, both terms refer to God the Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost.
They're different in that the "Godhead" states that those three are three seperate invididuals who are one in purpose, while "Trinity" states that they are three seperate facets of the same individual (O.K., admittedly a simplified version, but I think you understand what I'm trying to get at).
The concept of "Trinity" was doctrine introduced into what eventually became known as the Catholic Church as a result of a conference of bishops known as the First Council of Nicaea, which was called together by the Roman emperor Constantine I in AD 325. The concept has pretty much been around ever since, and most (if not all) of those churches that broke off from the Catholic Church still accept it as legitimate doctrine.
2007-05-13 16:18:09 · answer #1 · answered by Rynok 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I have never come across the term "Godhead" in either the Old or New Testaments. The only place I ever saw that word was in Eastern writings, certainly in Bhuddist writings and possibly Hindu as well. In the Bible the word God is used, and in the New Testament God is referred to by Christ as three different persons - the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The trinity is not made up, it incorporates the three persons of God as identified by Christ as one unified reality. I've noticed that people get hung up on which person preceeded the other persons of the trinity. This is to miss the point that God existed before Time, so there is no question of precedence or order here. That is a bunch of temporal misunderstanding because we have trouble thinking outside of time.
2007-05-13 23:04:52 · answer #2 · answered by morkie 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The fact is that the trinity is not True. I know that it is a bold statement and completly contridicts what most christians have been taught all of there lives. But for any one who truley studies the scriptures they are there.
Mark 13:32
Jesus's Baptism
Many people misunderstand John 1:1-2
The first word is Talking about the relationship between Jesus and God, that they were there together. The second Word is talking aobut the authority that Jesus holds. That he is considered christ.
2007-05-14 19:44:21 · answer #3 · answered by David Flournoy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are a lot of scripture that show evidence of the Trinity in the bible. Here is a more well known one:
The Word became Flesh(chapter title) ( the Word is Jesus)
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God , and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. John 1:1-2
Here we go further into the book of John:
The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His Glory, the Glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14
Now we go back to Genesis( the first book in the bible):
In the beginning , God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep and the SPIRIT OF GOD was hovering over the waters. Genesis 1:1-2
The Spirit of God refers to the Holy Spirit.
The Godhead is God, the Son and the Holy Spirit. They are the Godhead three in one. That is the Trinity.
2007-05-13 23:01:28 · answer #4 · answered by Kat 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
First of all they are both in the Bible. It is explainable if you have Faith in God. In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth. The word God in Hebrew means THREE! God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. If you would check out in the Bible when John the Baptist baptized Jesus you can easily see the THREE persons there. (1) Jesus being there to be baptized.
(2) The Holy Spirit descending on Him as a Dove!
(3) God the Father speaking out and saying "This is my Son in whom I am well pleased."
So I will have to say "There is the Trinity in the Bible!"
2007-05-13 22:58:22 · answer #5 · answered by emison21754 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The 'Godhead' that you are refering to is 'just plain God' to most people. The Holy Trinity is one way of explaining the different 'faces' of the Godhead ... and it is 'in the Bible' but not 'per se' ... there are references to 'the Father' (God), 'the Son' (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit (especially when Jesus was baptized by John, but also in the stories of the Virgin Mary when she 'conceived' and in the Old Testament.
2007-05-13 23:01:27 · answer #6 · answered by Kris L 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Trinity is a foreign concept which no Abrahamic Prophet EVER taught.
It is an addition introduced by people after Jesus to misguide the message of the renegade Jews called Christians.
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2007-05-13 22:54:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
I believe that the Godhead Is the Trinity.
2007-05-13 22:55:03 · answer #8 · answered by Beverly B 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
The Father, The Son, and The Holy Ghost are all separate from one another.
gw
2007-05-14 10:52:56 · answer #9 · answered by georgewallace78 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Godhead and Trinity are the same.
2007-05-13 22:56:32 · answer #10 · answered by tebone0315 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋