2007-07-06 18:21:49 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
For a start, the command of Jesus Christ in Matthew 28:19-20:
"Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you."
The doctrine of the Holy Trinity states that there is one true God made up of three separate but equal persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
The Bible does not contain the word Trinity. However, the Holy Trinity is hinted at repeatedly in both the Old and New Testaments. For many biblical references, see: http://www.cwo.com/~pentrack/catholic/Trinity.txt
Under the influence of the Holy Spirit, the early Christians prayed and struggled over these hints for a couple of centuries. The concept of the Holy Trinity (three equal persons in one God) was mainstream Christianity in 325 A.D. at the Council of Nicaea and our belief is expressed in the Nicene Creed from that council:
We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, one in being with the Father. ...
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son. With the Father and the Son, He is worshiped and glorified. ...
This belief is shared by most Christian denominations including Roman and Orthodox Catholics, Lutherans, Anglicans, Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians, Pentecostals, Episcopalians, and the Salvation Army.
With love in Christ.
2007-07-06 19:12:41 · answer #1 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
"Spirit," literally "breath" in the Greek New Testament is commonly personified. Scripture often speaks of the Spirit as a living entity, but also says, "God IS SPIRIT." (John 4:24) This is probably the most difficult concept to understand from a human perspective.
There are over 40 passages, mostly in the fourth Gospel, which relate to the divine nature of Jesus. John 1:1c (traditionally rendered, "and the Word was God") is one of the most "beautiful" of these, but it's true meaning does not easily translate into English. One version pegs it as,
"What God was, the Word was,"
which seems to do a good job of relating what can be a difficult form in Greek, saying that the two are DISTINCT, .but EQUAL. (My answer at http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AuoKB7UTQWwiJTLhQOzYk60jzKIX?qid=20070331081821AAA0s20 has a much more thorough discussion of that passage, but the additional background didn't seem appropriate here.)
That said, scripture clearly speaks of all 3 as divine, but does not give us much more than that. The "trinity" concept is just an attempt to wrap our human understanding around the idea that there are three entities which are ALL DIVINE, but NOT IDENTICAL.
2007-07-07 01:26:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer is already beautifully written by REV, I will add:
TRINITY
"In the name of The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit"
2007-07-07 01:29:41 · answer #3 · answered by dbzgalaxy 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
" I and my Father are one"- Jesus
" In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word WAS God. .....And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us". John 1
" I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the Ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, The ALMIGHTY." - Jesus (Revel.1:8)
" He that has see me has seen the Father" - Jesus (Jn. 14:9)
" In Him is the fullness of the Godhead bodily".(Col. 2
2007-07-07 01:24:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
You want a one-liner that explains one of the greatest mysteries in Christian theology?? Here ... it isn't a one-liner, but it's just about the most thorough statement available of what the early Christian Church believed on the subject ...
http://www.ccel.org/creeds/athanasian.creed.html
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2007-07-07 01:40:52 · answer #5 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont know why the God is 3 in first place then they say 1. We Muslims shouting that its 1 GOD and rest are His messengers, etc.
2007-07-07 01:25:55 · answer #6 · answered by Straighttalk 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"I swear, I'm never going down to earth again! 2000 years ago, I had a one night stand, and those mortals are STILL talking about it!" ~ God
2007-07-07 01:26:52 · answer #7 · answered by Ghost Wolf 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
that is a belief, not a piece of knowledge, and I do not believe it no matter what is quoted
2007-07-07 01:24:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm not entirely persuaded that that is the case.
2007-07-07 01:24:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
hail marys?
2007-07-07 01:39:29 · answer #10 · answered by divinemadness 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋