Where Did The Trinity Come From?

Question

The three monotheistic religions - Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - all
purport to share one fundamental concept: belief in God as the Supreme
Being, the Creator and Sustainer of the Universe. Known as "tawhid" in
Islam, this concept of the Oneness of God was stressed by Moses in a
Biblical passage known as the "Shema," or the Jewish creed of faith:
"Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord." (Deuteronomy 6:4)

It was repeated word-for-word approximately 1500 years later by Jesus
when he said: "...The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; the
Lord our God is one Lord." (Mark 12:29)

«"Muhammad came along approximately 600 years later, bringing the same message again: "And your God is One God: There is no God but He, ..."» (The Qur'an 2:163)

Christianity has digressed from the concept of the Oneness of God,
however, into a vague and mysterious doctrine that was formulated during the fourth century

Answer 1

The teaching of the Trinity is of PAGAN Origin that PRE-DATES first Century Christianity by HUNDREDS of Years !

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Answer 2

there is also Mt 28:19 where Christ tells to go forth to all nations baptizing in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
another favorite is when a priest ends mass and quotes 2 Cor 13:14 The Grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the Love of God and the communion/fellowship of the Holy Ghost be with you all.
1 John 5:7, "For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one."
Genises, God said, let US make man in OUR image, etc. etc. God is a trinity.
And Jesus said, "I and the Father are one" and "If you have seen me, you have seen the Father."
And when Thomas saw him after the Resurrection, he said, "My Lord and my God."

Now lets take old to new….
OT – the grass withers, the flowers fade but the word of our God lasts forever (Is 40:8)
Jesus – heaven & earth will pass away but MY words will never pass away. MK 12”31
OT – remember to keep the Sabbath day Holy…. The seventh day is the Sabbath of the lord, your God (Ex 20:8-9)
Jesus – The Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath. Mk 2:28
Then you can continue comparing with Ex 20:12 to Mt 10:37 –where Jesus places Himself above the most basic human relationship we have on earth. Then Ex 20:13 & Mt 5:21-22 and even Ex 20:14 compared to Mt 5:27-28.
if you're really adventurous....
Mt 3:16-17
Mk 1:10-11
Jn 14:17
1Co 12:4-6, 15:28
2Co 3:17, 4:4, 13:14
1Th 1:1
2Th 2:13
Heb 1:2-3
1Pe 1:2

have a lovely morning!

Answer 3

There are several pre-Christian pagan belief systems. Saul of Tarsus, a coastal city in what is now Turkey, was born into a Jewish family who were Roman Citizens. Mithrasism was prevelent in his time. He was a keen persecuter of the early followers of Isa (Peace be Upon Him). It was upon Saul's alleged conversion on the road to Damascus, which blinded him for three days, that he began to go to all the synagouges preaching that Isa (pbuh) was the Son of God. Astaghfirallah. He changed his name to Paul, and his letters, his epistles, compose 13 of the 27 books of the New Testament. There are existing trinities in Persian, Hindu, and Egyptian cultures also. I have provided three links below for you.

Answer 4

Faith in the Trinity
Christians are baptized "in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." They are not baptized "in the names" of the Father, Son and Spirit because there is only one God, the Most Holy Trinity. The baptismal confession of faith has three parts because "the faith of all Christians rests on the Trinity" (St. Caesarilus of Arles).

The Central Mystery
The Trinity is the central mystery of Christian life, the source of all the other mysteries, and the most fundamental mystery in "the hierarchy of the truths of faith." The whole history of salvation is identical with the way God revealed himself as Father, Son and Spirit. The Trinity is a mystery which would not be known unless revealed. The mystery is inaccessible both to reason alone and to Israel before the sending of Jesus and the sending of the Holy Spirit.

Root of Faith
The Trinity has always been the very root of the Church's faith (expressed in the baptismal liturgy). Paul summarized this apostolic faith in saying "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you" (2 Cor 13:13).

Three Important Terms
In the early Ecumenical Councils, the Church clarified its understanding of the Trinity in order to respond to heresies. The Church developed three important terms:
1. Substance, (also called essence or nature) which designates the divine being in its unity
2. Person, which designates the Father, Son and Spirit in the real distinction among them
3. Relation, which designates that their distinction lies in the relationship of each to the others

One God
The Trinity is one. The Church does not believe in three Gods but in one God in three persons (the "consubstantial Trinity)." The divine persons do not share the one divinity among themselves. Each of them is God, whole and entire. "Each of the persons is that supreme reality, namely, the divine substance, essence or nature" (Fourth Lateran Council).

Distinct Persons
Father, Son and Spirit are not just three names for three modalities of the one God. They are really distinct from one another in their relations of origin. "It is the Father who generates, the Son who is begotten and the Holy Spirit who proceeds" (Fourth Lateran Council).

Based on Relationships
The real distinction of each Person lies in their relationship to one another. "In the relational names of the persons, the Father is related to the Son, the Son to the Father and the Spirit to both"(Eleventh Council of Toledo). The Father is wholly in the Son and in the Spirit. The Son is wholly in the Father and the Spirit. The Spirit is wholly in the Father and the Son (Council of Florence).

"I entrust to you today the profession of faith in the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Each person considered in himself is entirely God" (St. Gregory of Nazeanzus).

For more information please go to this link and look for paragraph 232 and following.
http://www.scborromeo.org/index2.htm

Answer 5

oldguy63,

You neglect to quote other parts of the Bible where the word "echad" is used to denote exclusive oneness, instead of a compound unity.

In other words, echad is exactly like the word "one".
We can say, "there is one car in the driveway".
or
"This table and chair are one dinette set".
The first sentence the word one denotes exclusiveness, namely that there is one and not two.
The second denotes a compound unity, that two or more items come together to form one unit.

So, the only way you know for sure is from the context. The context of the Bible (the Jewish one, that is) is that G-d is One without any parts.

Answer 6

Jesus is God.There is God the Father and the Holy spirit
You have a body right.You have a mind right You have a spirit.We were made in the image of God.3 in 1.The Bible says In the Beginning was the Word that is Jesus.The Word was with God and the Word is God.

Answer 7

Heb.9:14
will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!
God exist eternally and living always and forever.
Re.1:8 I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty."



Re. 4:11 You are worthy, our Lord and God,
to receive glory and honor and power,
for you created all things,
and by your will they were created
and have their being."


and Re.5:13-14
Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, singing:
"To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb
be praise and honor and glory and power,
for ever and ever!" The four living creatures said, "Amen," and the elders fell down and worshiped.

Answer 8

False religious leaders staking their "this is how I see it" claim onto what was otherwise truth.

Don't worry, they will pay at Armageddon for misleading the masses. All false religious leaders, false religions including Christendom will pay at Armageddon with their lives. This will be the second coming of Jesus.

Who Is Talking Here?
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“Jehovah [God] himself produced me as the beginning of his way, the earliest of his achievements of long ago. From time indefinite I was installed, from the start, from times earlier than the earth. When there were no watery deeps I was brought forth as with labor pains, when there were no springs heavily charged with water. Before the mountains themselves had been settled down, ahead of the hills, I was brought forth as with labor pains, when as yet he had not made the earth and the open spaces and the first part of the dust masses of the productive land. When he prepared the heavens I was there; when he decreed a circle upon the face of the watery deep, when he made firm the cloud masses above, when he caused the fountains of the watery deep to be strong, when he set for the sea his decree that the waters themselves should not pass beyond his order, when he decreed the foundations of the earth, then I came to be beside him as a master worker, and I came to be the one he was specially fond of day by day, I being glad before him all the time, being glad at the productive land of his earth, and the things I was fond of were with the sons of men.

Who was talking there? Jesus.

Thanks.

Answer 9

God

Answer 10

Interesting question!

This page offers an explanation of the sources of the doctrine of trinity.