Why doesn't the word 'Trinity' appear in the Bible?

Question

I can't find this information anywhere. All I can find is the fact that it doesn't appear in the Bible. I need to connect the Trinity into this paper about the Holy Spirit, so that's why I need to know

Tuberoot, I meant I couldn't find why the word Trinity wasn't in the Bible. I can find plenty of info on the Trinity.

Tuberoot, I meant I couldn't find why the word Trinity wasn't in the Bible. I can find plenty of info on the Trinity. I'm not allowed to use Wikipedia

Answer 1

you won't find "trinity' in the bible b/c it wasn't MADE up till the 300s.... from the time of Jesus til the 300s, oneness of the godhead as taught. it was taught by the apostles of Jesus Christ.

The Bible speaks of the Father, Son & Holy Spirit, but it does not use these titles to indicate 3 persons "in" the Godhead. (col. 2:9 says the Father, Son & Holy Spirit dwell in Jesus Christ bodily.)

The OT writers nor those of that time thought of God as a trinity. If 3-ness is an essential part of God's nature, He did not reveal it to Israel, His chosen people. If God is a trinity, then Abraham, the father of the faithful of all ages, did not comprehend the fundamental nature of his God.

In the NT, the original speakers & writers were strictly monotheistic Jews who had no thought of introducing a revelation of plurality in the Godhead. Neither the writers nor the readers thought in trinitarian terms, for both the doctrine & the terminology of the trinity had not yet been formulated (created... thought up).

Neither testament uses the word "trinity" or associates the word "3" or the word "persons" w/ God in any significant way. No passage says God is a holy two, holy three or holy trinity. But, over 50 verses call God the "Holy One" (Isaiah 54:5)

The only NT passage to use the word "person" (Gk. "hupostasis") in relation to God is Hebrews 1:3. It says the Son is the image of God's own person (literally, "substance"), not a distinct person.

The only passage to use the word "three" in relation to God is 1 John 5:7, which speaks of 3 ways in which God has revealed Himself - as Father, Word, & Spirit. This verse concludes by saying, "These three are one."

The Trinitarianism affirmation that God is "one in three persons" is unscriptural, contradictory & incomrehensible. The Bible not only says there is "one God", but specifically says, "God is one". (Gal. 3:20)

The titles Father, Son & Holy Spirit describe God's multiple roles & works, but they do not reflect a 3-ness in God's nature. "Father" refers to God in family relationship to humanity; "Son" refers to God in flesh; & "Spirit" refers to God in activity. Example: a man might be a "father, husband & son", but he is one person.

The Bible identifies the Father & the Holy Spirit as one & the same being. (John 4:24). The Holy Spirit is literally the Father of Jesus (Matt. 1:18-20).

The Bible calls the Holy Spirit the "Spirit of Jehovah", the "Spirit of God", & the "Spirit of the Father". Matt. 10:20 shows that the Spirit is not a separae person from the father, but pertains to, or is the essence of the Father.

The "Son" is the manifestation of the one God in flesh. The title of "Son" sometimes focuses on the humanity of Christ (Rm.5:10), & sometimes it encompasses both His diety & humanity (Matt. 26:64).
"Son" is never used apart from God's incarnation ... it never refers to diety alone....
"God the Son" & "eternal Son" are non-biblical.
The Son was not eternally begotten ... the Son had a beginning... at the Incarnation (Lk.1:35, Gal. 4:4, Heb.1:5).

In John 1, the Word is God's self-revelation, self-expression, or self-disclosure. Before the Incarnation, the Word was the unexpressed thought, plan, reason, or mind of God.
In the beginning, the Word was w/ God, not as a separate person, but as God Himself - pertaining to & belonging to God much like a man & his word. (John 1:14, 1 Tim.3:16).

Trinitarianism actually claims that only one of 3 divine persons, called "God the Son" came in flesh ... but the Bible says that God came in flesh.

Jesus is not just the incarnation of one person of a trinity, but the incarnation of all the identity, character & personality of the one God ... hence Colossians 2:9. Additionally the very next verse reads, "And e are complee in Him, which is the head of all principality & power" (Col.2:10). In other words, everything we need is in Jesus, & Jesus is omnipotent.
All names & titles of God apply to Jesus.

Answer 2

Keep in mind when studying this subject that the word "Trinity" is not used in Scripture. This is a term that is used to attempt to describe the triune God, the fact that there are 3 coexistent, co-eternal persons that make up God. Understand that this is NOT in any way suggesting 3 Gods. The Trinity is 1 God made up of 3 persons. There is nothing wrong with using the term "Trinity" even though the word is not found in the Bible. It is shorter to say the word "Trinity" than to say "3 coexistent, co-eternal persons making up 1 God." If this presents a problem to you, consider this: the word grandfather is not used in the Bible either. Yet, we know there were grandfathers in the Bible. Abraham was the grandfather of Jacob. So don't get hung up on the term "Trinity" itself. What should be of real importance is that the concept that is REPRESENTED by the word "Trinity" does exist in Scripture.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

The doctrine of the divinity was developed by Athanasius in the last decades of his life. In 325, the Council of Nicaea adopted a term for the relationship between the Son and the Father that was then seen as the hallmark of orthodoxy; it declared that the Son is "of the same substance" as the Father. This was further developed by the inclusion of the Holy Spirit into the formula "three persons, one substance."
The trinity became an explanation for the fact that the various names given in the Bible: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, are each described with the same qualities and attributes. Each is described as omnipresent, omniscient, omnipotent, eternal, Lord, God, Almighty, being involved in creation, the truth, sanctifying and giving life, giving eternal life, raising the dead and inspiring the prophets. They are describing one being - God. Different names for the same personality.
Christ was God in man. He came on earth to show us God the Father who is also God the Holy Spirit, in a way we could see, if not necessarily understand.

Answer 5

For one thing, the trinity was not created untill over 300 years after the Bible was completed. As A Catholic Dictionary notes: “The third Person was asserted at a Council of Alexandria in 362 . . . and finally by the Council of Constantinople of 381”

Answer 6

The 'trinity' was a made up word to describe what is found in the Bible.

And if you can't find anything on it within the whole internet, you are in over your head!

Try doing a Google search by typing in 'trinity' on the Google page.

Wikipedia might be a good one to start with.

Answer 7

The word Bible doesn't appear in the Bible either. The doctrine of the Trinity is clearly taught in scripture. Do the research.

Answer 8

Because God is not three "persons". God is Divine Spirit, the Son is divine Spirit and flesh, and the Holy Ghost is the power of Divinity (Spirit). This is what the Apostles believed and wrote about. When they wrote to baptize in the name (first person singular) of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, the Apostles understood it to be in the name of Jesus Christ, by which they did. Nowhere did they baptize with anything else but in the name of Jesus Christ.
The trinity didn't come about until everyone in authority who knew the Apostles and their disciples teachings had died and their wasn't anyone left in a position to argue who God is.

Answer 9

God is ONE: One being, three persons. A human is one being and one person: A cat or dog is one being and NO persons: God is one being and THREE persons. We can not FULLY understand the Trinity, but the scripures are pretty plain that God IS Trinity:

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.

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). How can we hold all four truths except to say all three are One God? This is the Trinity.

And yes, Jesus DID say he was God. In John 8:58, when quizzed about how he has special knowledge of Abraham, Jesus replies, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I Am"—invoking and applying to himself the personal name of God—"I Am" (Ex. 3:14). His audience understood exactly what he was claiming about himself. "So they took up stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple" (John 8:59).

Also significant are passages that apply the title "the First and the Last" to Jesus. This is one of the Old Testament titles of Yahweh: "Thus says Yahweh, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, Yahweh of armies: ‘I am the First and I am the Last; besides me there is no god’" (Is. 44:6; cf. 41:4, 48:12).

Answer 10

Why do Christians believe in the Trinity. The Bible says Jesus sits at the right hand of God in Heaven. It also calls Jesus the "slain lamb" in heaven. He is separate and distinct from God.

God split into thirds and sent 1/3 to earth as his Son, then let his son be killed, but it was really 1/3 of himself. Then that 1/3 of himself rose to heaven to sit at the right hand of the other 2/3rds. Or 1/3, not counting the Holy Ghost, who's only contribution was impregnating a child virgin.
Hmmm. How does that make sense to anybody?

So why do they believe they are one and the same?