catholics! why is the word trinity not in the bible.?

Question

a book does not need the word book in it to be a book.

Answer 1

Because the concept of the trinity is a man-made concept. It isn't in the bible at all!! The scriptures that are used to say that the trinity is a true concept can be translated to mean different things, and were just used to make the point of the people who wrote the Nicean creed.

Answer 2

The word may not be, but the concept is.

Also, remember, the word Bible isn't in there either.


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to the followers who say it is a "man-made" concept:

The Bible clearly teaches that Jesus is God (cf. John 8:58, 10:38, 14:10; Col. 2:9). It also clearly teaches that the Holy Spirit is God (cf. Acts 5:3–4, 28:25–28; 1 Cor. 2:10–13). Everyone agrees the Father is God. Yet there is only one God (Mark 12:29, 1 Cor. 8:4–6, Jas. 2:19).

Jesus tells his apostles to baptize "in the name [notice, singular, not plural] of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit" (Matt. 28:19). This is a proof-text: three distinct Persons united in the one divine name. In 2 Corinthians 13:14, Paul writes, "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all." We see this same unity of divine Persons in 1 Corinthians 12:4–11, Ephesians 4:4–6, and 1 Peter 1:2–3.

Answer 3

You are correct. 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

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.

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 C.E. 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.

By the way, many "Christian" words are not found in the Bible:
+ Adventist
+ Anglican
+ Beatitude
+ Catholic
+ Christmas
+ Easter
+ Congregational
+ Creed
+ Epiphany
+ Eucharist
+ Hell
+ Incarnation
+ Lutheran
+ Martyr
+ Mennonite
+ Methodist
+ Orthodox
+ Protestant
+ Pentateuch
+ Pope
+ Purgatory
+ Quakers
+ Sacrament
+ Sunday
+ Testament
+ Transfiguration
+ Trinity

This does not mean that these words have no Christian meaning.

With love in Christ.

Answer 4

The doctrine of the Trinity did not come about until the fourth and fifth centuries a.d. - the various creeds—the most famous of which is the Nicene Creed—were canonized following centuries of debate about the nature of the Godhead. Consequently, it is highly questionable whether these creeds reflect the thinking or beliefs of the New Testament church.

The exact theological definition of the doctrine of the Trinity was the result of a long process of development, which was not complete until the fifth century, or maybe even later.

The true doctrine of the nature of God (the Father), His Son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Ghost, was lost in the apostasy that followed the Savior's mortal ministry and the deaths of His Apostles.

Answer 5

Just because the word isn't in the Bible doesn't mean the the concept isn't clearly spoken of in scripture. The word bible isn't in the Bible but I don't see people making a big fuss about that one.

Answer 6

The Apostles knew He was God.

The Messiah was the Annointed One.

They also called Him God.
John tells us that Thomas knelt down and cried out to Jesus when He saw Him standing there in his presense with the marks of His crucifixion.
"My Lord and my God...!"

It remained Tradition which was orally taught, and when heretics decided to create their own rationalization of Christ's Essense, the Church proclaimed that Jesus is God and called the Unity the Trinity.

It was never a man made concept. It was only when men tried to conceptionalize it improperly that the Church spoke out.

Answer 7

We don't believe the extreme of Scriptura Sola and those Protestants who accept the Creeds functionally agree with us.

The 'concept" of the Trinity is in the Bible if you interpret the Bible properly though Apostolic Tradition in communion with the Church founded by Christ and inspired by the Holy Spirit.

Answer 8

A Non catholic here...Look up 1 John 5:7

Answer 9

Elohim is. The Hebrew word that means one God in three persons.

Answer 10

That stuff about the Big Guy, the J-man and the friendly ghost were made up by man.