If the trinity is so easily proven from the Bible why does the Catholic Church call it a mystery?

Question

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Souix: Where specifically does the Bible say that?

Answer 1

How can somethig untrue be easily proven ?

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.

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.

Answer 3

Because the whole idea of how three entities could really be one entity was very hard to explain. We have many analogies to make, such as the idea that a man could be simultaneously a Father, a Husband and a Son, depending on his relationship to other people, but then the priests say no, that's not what we mean. Or we could say like those spooky old dolls with a knob on their head and a bonnet that doesn't come off which hides the other two faces, and the priests say no, that's not what we mean either. Or perhaps like "The Three Faces of Eve," God has a multiple personality, although we would not dare call it a "disorder," and they say no, that's not what we mean either.

And that's why it's a mystery.

Answer 4

Well, I'm no longer Catholic (praise God!), but the triune God is a mystery. Just as when a man and a woman are married, they become one flesh, is stated as a mystery:

Ephesians 5

31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

So even though I see through a glass darkly. Even though I can see how Christ's bride, the church, shall be as one with Him, it is still a mystery to me as to how God's attributes in the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are one.

I hope in these mysteries, until the time when these questions shall be answered by the return of my Saviour.

Answer 5

1Timothy 3:16 "And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory."

So here you have the word mystery applied to the incarnational aspect of the Trinity. Sure, a full, formal statement of the doctrine would take another couple of centuries to work out, but you might expect that for something so profound. As for "easy to show" versus "hard to understand," that's my life every day. You can explain and prove to me all day long that there are such things as airplanes, but you can't get me into one of them, because that businesss about flying just shouldn't work.

PS: I'm Baptist. The Catholics have no monopoly on the ancient truths.

Answer 6

Because in all actuality it is, even to the Protestant faiths.

It is hard to comprehend the 3 who are 1 and the one who is three.

God is a trinity of persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The Father is not the same person as the Son; the Son is not the same person as the Holy Spirit; and the Holy Spirit is not the same person as Father. They are not three gods and not three beings. They are three distinct persons; yet, they are all the one God. Each has a will, can speak, can love, etc., and these are demonstrations of personhood. They are in absolute perfect harmony consisting of one substance. They are coeternal, coequal, and copowerful. If any one of the three were removed, there would be no God.

Answer 7

The Catholic Church is a thing all to its self. it has been around a very long time, it goes back to the time of Simon the sorcerer, that first started the Catholic church, and said his church would take over all the churches, its in motion now.
The Catholic church is trying to be equal with God, their priest, are forgiving sins, the Pope is making saints, No one but God can forgive sins or make a saint, Whom of us is so sinless that he can make a saint??? We have all sin and come short the glory of God.

Answer 8

The existence of the Trinity is obvious from Scripture, however the nature of the Trinity cannot be fully understood by the human mind. That's what a "mystery of the faith" is. Something we can know because God has revealed it, but cannot fully comprehend.

Answer 9

Yes, to the human mind, it is a mystery and to the carnal mind it is foolishness. But, to the spiritual mind, it is Salvation.

"For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one." 1 John 5:7-8

Answer 10

Romans 1:20, says we are without excuse for not CLEARLY SEEING and understanding both His eternal power and Godhead, THROUGH OBSERVING HIS CREATED THINGS.

Man is what God created in His image & likeness; Gen 1:26.
Image & likeness don't have the same meaning; God's word wasn't repeating itself with "in our image, after our likeness".
Check them out in the Strong's Exhaustive Concordance. The Godhead is a two-fold being; body & spirit, and man is both body & spirit. If your mind hasn't been opened to this by God, you won't see, but just thought I'd share this mystery revealed.

THE GODHEAD CAN BE CLEARLY SEEN THROUGH GOD'S CREATION; MAN.

King James Bible

Answer 11

because you do not understand what is meant by the term mystery.

We are not talking like "unsolved mysteries".

When mystery is mentioned, it is mentioned in terms of mysticism. A daoist would explain harmony as a mystery, even though it would be hard to explain without much nuance. Same with the Catholics as regards mystery.