Is the trinity a unique concept?

Answer 1

Few realize that the trinity doctrine that was adopted at the Council of Nicaea and thereafter molded into several Creeds (click creeds to go read), descends from Mystery Babylon via Greek philosophy in Plato's theories, and from Jewish Gnosticism, not from the Bible. Yet the Catholics all teach, that if a person does not believe in the trinity doctrine of Mystery Babylon, that person can not be saved.

The trinity is a false doctrine that is not found in the Bible.

Answer 2

The Bible shows very clearly that there is only one God, and yet that there are three personal distinctions in His complex nature, traditionally referred to as "three Persons in the Godhead"—God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Each is distinct from the others but never acts independently. They are one in nature and purpose. This mystery is called the doctrine of the Trinity, though that term is not used in the Bible. The teaching, however, is present in seed form in the Old Testament and is revealed explicitly in the New Testament. Note passages such as Matthew 28:19; John 10:30, 14:26; 2 Corinthians 13:14.

Our finite minds cannot understand or explain this mystery of God, which is nevertheless a fact. We must accept the truths found in the Word of God by faith even though we ourselves cannot comprehend them fully; read Hebrews 11:1,3,6 and 1 Corinthians 2:5-10;14; 13:12. It is really not surprising that the infinite God should be complex in His nature beyond the ability of finite humans to comprehend! This doctrine is absolutely essential to New Testament Christianity. Theologians have pointed out that if it were not true, the Bible would be unreliable, Christ would not be divine, and His death on the cross would not atone for our sins, being merely the death of a martyr.

Answer 3

DO YOU believe in the Trinity? Most people in Christendom do. After all, it has been the central doctrine of the churches for centuries.

In view of this, you would think that there could be no question about it. But there is, and lately even some of its supporters have added fuel to the controversy.

Various Trinitarian concepts exist. But generally the Trinity teaching is that in the Godhead there are three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost; yet, together they are but one God. The doctrine says that the three are coequal, almighty, and uncreated, having existed eternally in the Godhead.

Others, however, say that the Trinity doctrine is false, that Almighty God stands alone as a separate, eternal, and all-powerful being. They say that Jesus in his prehuman existence was, like the angels, a separate spirit person created by God, and for this reason he must have had a beginning. They teach that Jesus has never been Almighty God's equal in any sense; he has always been subject to God and still is. They also believe that the holy ghost is not a person but God's spirit, his active force.

Supporters of the Trinity say that it is founded not only on religious tradition but also on the Bible. Critics of the doctrine say that it is not a Bible teaching, one history source even declaring: "The origin of the [Trinity] is entirely pagan."—The Paganism in Our Christianity.
THE Roman Catholic Church states: "The Trinity is the term employed to signify the central doctrine of the Christian religion . . . Thus, in the words of the Athanasian Creed: 'the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God, and yet there are not three Gods but one God.' In this Trinity . . . the Persons are co-eternal and co-equal: all alike are uncreated and omnipotent."—The Catholic Encyclopedia.

Answer 4

The Bible uses the term Godhead. The concept of the Trinity was invented later to reconcile three distinct persons with the one and only God.

Answer 5

The TRINITY is perfect....God "THE FATHER" Old Testament He was always with them on earth....Jesus "THE SON" the bridge between the Old Testament and New Church. He came down to be the sacrifice from the old to the new. Holy Spirit "Living in hearts of Believers".

Answer 6

Many religions and cultures have sets of deities. Some have pairs or trinities. Some even have quads. The idea of balance and opposing forces is nothing new.

Answer 7

you cannot see Jesus without first identifying spirit, you won't see God without identifying Jesus.
you won't see the whole picture of the system until you learn to identify each in the manner.
Spirit is about any chosen way of thinking. its not an entity, its a formed belief from one's view. Jesus is actually the sun's energy, represented as a human to easily understood by the same level. God is the general form of positive energy that's governing the whole. there is not definite form.

Answer 8

There are similarities in other religions...but the Doctrine of the Holy Trinity (three persons - hypostases, personas - - one in essence - substantia, ousia) is unique to the Christian Faith.

Answer 9

Nope, there are plenty but I don't remember every one of them.

Answer 10

yeah, it's directly proportional to degree of brainwashing