The Lord of Abraham has no partners and no progeny so where did the Christian Trinity God come from ? Greek ?

Question

Mythology ???

The original New Testament is in Greek so that would make sense...........


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Answer 1

The first set of links below are Christians explaining their concept of Trinity.

The last is Wiki but has some history.

And to the Thumbs Downer(s) :) are you objecting to my actually respectfully offering information and reading material, rather than ranting??

Answer 2

The doctrine of the Holy Trinity states there is one true God who is 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 C.E. at the Council of Nicaea and our belief is expressed in the Nicene Creed.

The doctrine of the Holy Trinity is shared by most Christian denominations including Roman and Orthodox Catholics, Lutherans, Anglicans, Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians, Pentecostals, Episcopalians, and the Salvation Army.

How this works is not fully known and is one the Christian mysteries.

For more information, see Catechism of the Catholic Church, sections 232 and following: http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt1sect2chpt1art1p2.htm#232

With love in Christ.

Answer 3

The Trinity is a prime example of Christianity borrowing from pagan sources.

As far back as Babylonia, the worship of pagan gods grouped in threes, or triads, was common. This influence was also evident in Egypt, Greece, and Rome in the centuries before, during, and after Christ. After the death of the apostles, many non trinitarians contend that these pagan beliefs began to invade Christianity.

The link has a lot of really interesting information about the different ideas that a lot of people believe about the trinity. Unlike the first answer it is about people who reject the trinity. I am sure both will be helpful.

Answer 4

There are no divine or semi-divine "partners" to God in Trinitarian Christian theology:that is a common Muslim misunderstanding of the Trinity.
The Trinity is one God,not three. In this one God there are 3 eternal 'persons(not to be confused with human persons) or hypostases. For Christians, the Trinity is the One God of Abraham. The Trinitarian God is as absolutely one as the Muslim and Jewish concepts of the same God of Abraham.
The Nicene Trinitarian and Ephesian/ChalcedonianChristological terminology and conceptualizations are Greek but they are biblical and express the apostolic Christian Faith.

Answer 5

Christianity is not an extension of Judaism. It is its own development based on a standardization of many Jesus movement cults that flourished in the first and second centuries among Jews and Gentiles. Christianity includes ideas from Platonism, Neoplatonism, and Gnosticism. The idea of "father, son and holy spirit" "God in 3 persons" explains that the "son" is the redemptive manifestation or intervening principle of the otherwise transcendent divine (the father) and the "spirit" is the link joining the divine (father/son) with the mundane (us). But even in mystical Judaism (Kabala) there is the concept of the descent of the "Shekhinah" the inspiration or spirit of God that descends to the world. In Christian Gnosticism, this principle is called Sofia (wisdom).

Answer 6

no the greeks had around 250 gods not 3

and i bet they can all whip the abrahamic dieties imaginary ***