Who exactly do you guys worship? God, or Jesus? Because I hear people saying that Jesus is God's son, but then I hear others saying that Jesus is God. So is it like you guys believe in two Gods. That isnt monotheistic. And the religion was originally monotheistic. So doesnt that mean the religion was changed sometime through the years by somebody?
Also, if you guys believe that Jesus is just the son of God, then why do you guys worship Jesus more then God? Even if you guys believe Jesus died to save you or something like that, shouldnt you guys be worshipping God?
And where does the Holy Ghost come in?
Is it like a third God?
Ive been wondering about this for a while now. So I thought I'd ask.
Please help un-confuse (not a real word is it? =P) me. Thanks.
2007-10-09 06:01:16 · 17 answers · asked by cheekiwee 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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.
How this works is not fully known and is one the Christian mysteries.
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.
There is a story told about St Augustine:
Augustine was walking along the seashore trying to figure out the mystery of the Holy Trinity and came up to a little boy. The boy was trying to pour the ocean into a hole in the sand with a seashell. Augustine told the boy what he was doing was impossible. Then the little boy told Augustine that it is also impossible for the mind of man to try to understand the mystery of the Holy Trinity. The little boy turned into an angel and disappeared.
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.
2007-10-09 18:09:13 · answer #1 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well the answer to the question is likely to be even more confusing but here goes.
Real Christians believe (and this is a test of Christianity) in a "triune" God. That is three equal persons united in one being.
Now this is beyond human comprehension but why should we be so arrogant to believe that if there is a God we can fully understand him?
Critics of this teaching will tell you that the term trinity is not found in the Bible and this is true. However, the concept of the trinity is taught from Genesis on and is clear.
Therefore to answer your question, Jesus by his words and by the rest of Scripture is God == to the Father == the the Holy Spirit.
Hope that helps.
BTW: Jesus did not become God (Mormonisim) and was not created (JW).
2007-10-09 06:10:33 · answer #2 · answered by δοῦλος Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God the Father the Son and the Holy Ghost is one and the same, like a father and a son is one and the same , Jesus, is gods son, but when he died on the Cross He took all our sins with him and gave all of us a second chance to renew our lives and believe in him the Father the son and the Holy Ghost, theres a passage in the Bible I AM that I am , I am The True God Almighty, I am the Father< I am the Son , I am the Holy Ghost! He is one in the same! Worshipping Jesus, is worshipping God cause they are one in the same! there is only one God, the Father , the son and the Holy Ghost they are one in the same do you understand yet? If not then get a revised Bible, one that can explain it to you in terms you can understand and read it what could it hurt? and then maybe you might begin to understand what is real.
2007-10-09 06:22:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Trinity is the term employed to signify the central doctrine of the Christian religion -- the truth that in the unity of the Godhead there are Three Persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, these Three Persons being truly distinct one from another.
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 of Persons the Son is begotten of the Father by an eternal generation, and the Holy Spirit proceeds by an eternal procession from the Father and the Son. Yet, notwithstanding this difference as to origin, the Persons are co-eternal and co-equal: all alike are uncreated and omnipotent. This, the Church teaches, is the revelation regarding God's nature which Jesus Christ, the Son of God, came upon earth to deliver to the world: and which she proposes to man as the foundation of her whole dogmatic system.
2007-10-09 06:05:40 · answer #4 · answered by Sentinel 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is called the Trinity.
Three Persons being truly distinct one from another.
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 of Persons the Son is begotten of the Father by an eternal generation, and the Holy Spirit proceeds by an eternal procession from the Father and the Son. Yet, notwithstanding this difference as to origin, the Persons are co-eternal and co-equal: all alike are uncreated and omnipotent. This, the Church teaches, is the revelation regarding God's nature which Jesus Christ, the Son of God, came upon earth to deliver to the world: and which she proposes to man as the foundation of her whole dogmatic system
The doctrine of the Trinity is encapsulated in Matthew 28:19, where Jesus instructs the apostles: "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."
The parallelism of the Father, the Son, and the Spirit is not unique to Matthew’s Gospel, but appears elsewhere in the New Testament (e.g., 2 Cor. 13:14, Heb. 9:14), as well as in the writings of the earliest Christians, who clearly understood them in the sense that we do today—that the Father, the Son, and the Spirit are three divine persons who are one divine being (God).
2007-10-09 07:59:53 · answer #5 · answered by lundstroms2004 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They'll say all three are one...but I don't think that's actually in the Buy-bull. In fact, that's one of the things the Council of Nicaea had to figure out b/c the thinking that JC was the son of a god and a human was called Arianism and decided that was too pagan-like.
Edit: Water is not a good example-can't be all three at one time; JC prays to God while on the cross, tells a disciple no one is good but God and JC acts nothing like the OT God
I read 1 John 5:7 out of a KJV Bible and it says there are three that bear record and they're one but it lists the Father, Word and Holy Ghost-nothing about JC but I guess I have a 'counterfeit' one. BTW, there are no originals. They were lost so the oldest were used.
And, I hate it when Christians say something is 'taken out of context' if it doesn't agree with them...I've seen them take things out of context plenty of times.
2007-10-09 06:08:15 · answer #6 · answered by strpenta 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A rational mind has difficulty making sense out of the "Holy Trinity" because it makes no sense. Making sense out of the Christian "Holy Trinity" seems to require a tremendous aptitude for circular reasoning. "the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God, and yet there are not three Gods but one God." - Sentinel. It's quite similar to the reasoning required in order to believe that the bible is the word of God; "the bible exists because God inspired it...God exists because the bible says so". My suggestion would be to try and not waste your time asking Christians to explain their circular unreasonings to you.
2007-10-09 06:15:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is three parts. The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. God is the Holy Trinity. To simply explain it better:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity
2007-10-09 06:14:38 · answer #8 · answered by brown eyed girl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is called the Trinity. There are 3 "components" to God - The Father, The Son, The Holy Spirit.
It is hard to explain, but all three are 1 but also 3 different "beings".
Like I said, hard to explain.
2007-10-09 06:05:03 · answer #9 · answered by nova_queen_28 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The only God is not only in Three Person, but The Only God could in everything creatures include in all of human being. It is not because the God is more than one. The only God is controlling all of His Creations on earth, sky and in between.
That all the point of Monotheism - The God is only one but exist in all his creatures to control them all.
2007-10-09 06:16:07 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋