Is the Trinity a 3 headed Deity?

Question

1 body with 3 heads?

This is the only logical solution I could think of that could possibly explain the Trinity as being a religion of "monotheism".

emperori...
[wavelength = h / (mass x speed)]
[energy = h x frequency]
[all object exhibit at times a wave-like nature, and at other times a partical-like nature]
Thus, objects (light, electrons, bowling balls, ...) can at times appear to us as waves, and at other times as particles. In this sense they are neither particles nor waves, in an absolute sense, but only exhibit wave or particle properties, depending on the experiment being performed.

quantum theory

Answer 1

ike, you're thinking entirely on another level, and if you want christians to understand you, you will have to come down a little.

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.

How this works is not fully known and is one the Christian mysteries.

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.

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.

All of these groups would state that they are monotheists.

Some non-trinitarian religions like Islam occasionally accuse Trinitarians of polytheism.

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

The Trinity, God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit....

A doctrine we obviously not can not agree on....I personally have no doubts...it is for real.

Instead of fighting over if it is right or wrong, why don't we look at the definition of the Trinity?

There is one God, there are three persons in God.
They are equally in all aspects, but they have different roles.
The different roles, are:

God the Father, "Chief in Command
God the Son, "the Initiater"
God the Holy Spirit, "the Sustainer"

The Father, gives the command, the Son starts the project, and the Holy Spirit, "keeps it rolling"

One God, three persons (roles)

If you have children, you are a father or mother
If you have a job, you are an employee
If you are out shopping, you are a costumer

At your job, you are not "acting as father/mother", you are acting as an employee, but you are still the same "you"

When you are shopping, you are either acting as father/mother or employee, but as costumer.........

Keep in mind, no analogy can ever cover the full truth, but just give an illustration.

The first clue of the Trinity is found in Genesis 1:2, ....and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.....

Another good clues is found in the Great Commission Matt. 28:18-20.............Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit........

Let's hear how others look at it........

In Christian Love,
Sola Scriptura

Answer 4

you will find three headed dieties in hindu religion..The closest present day religion, which has a Trinity, as its core belief is Hinduism. In the Hindu philosophy Lord Brahma is the Supreme God of Creation, Lord Vishnu is the Sustainer God and Lord Shiva is a God of Destruction. Hindus, who worship multiple deities, justify their dogma as monotheistic belief on the ground that each deity stresses one or more aspects of The One Supreme God, called Brahma. There are hundreds of gods and goddesses in various Hindu temples throughout India. But each has its own specific power and place in worship, depending upon a particular aspect or aspects of the Supreme God that he or she stresses or represents. This is very similar to the Trinity in Christianity; however, most Christians who view the Hindu religion will condemn it as Polytheistic.
The question for Christians is why then do they not view their own religion as Polytheistic if they think the Hindu Religion is polytheistic?

Answer 5

You believe in the wave/particle/light nature of a photon but can't explain it so tell me how explaining the Trinity is any different.

Answer 6

No. It's a three person deity. Father, Son, Holy Spirit. Trinity=team.

Answer 7

Are you picturing the Hydra-headed Creature? the many-headed serpent or monster in Greek mythology that was slain by Hercules and each head of which when cut off was replaced by two others?... Please Stop.

Answer 8

Absolutely not!!! It means 3 different things but all coming from the same thing. GOD. It's The Father( God), The Son (Jesus) and the Holy Spirit (The comforter that we will have until we are in heaven)

Answer 9

Postmortem of Trinity
What is the origin of the Trinity doctrine?

A Protestant publication
A Protestant publication states: "The word Trinity is not found in the Bible . . . It did not find a place formally in the theology of the church till the 4th century." (The Illustrated Bible Dictionary) And a Catholic authority says that the Trinity "is not . . . directly and immediately [the] word of God."—New Catholic Encyclopedia.

The Encyclopedia of Religion admits: "Theologians today are in agreement that the Hebrew Bible does not contain a doctrine of the Trinity." And the New Catholic Encyclopedia also says: "The doctrine of the Holy Trinity is not taught in the O[ld] T[estament]."

The Triune God, Jesuit Edmund Fortman admits: "The Old Testament . . . tells us nothing explicitly or by necessary implication of a Triune God who is Father, Son and Holy Spirit. . . . There is no evidence that any sacred writer even suspected the existence of a [Trinity] within the Godhead. . . . Even to see in [the "Old Testament"] suggestions or foreshadowings or 'veiled signs' of the trinity of persons, is to go beyond the words and intent of the sacred writers."

Why Christian Pastors, Bishops and Pops declared trinity a pagan and false dogma.
Bernhard Lohse says in A Short History of Christian Doctrine: "As far as the New Testament is concerned, one does not find in it an actual doctrine of the Trinity."
The New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology similarly states: "The N[ew] T[estament] does not contain the developed doctrine of the Trinity. 'The Bible lacks the express declaration that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are of equal essence' [said Protestant theologian Karl Barth]."
Yale University professor E. Washburn Hopkins affirmed: "To Jesus and Paul the doctrine of the trinity was apparently unknown; . . . they say nothing about it."—Origin and Evolution of Religion.
Historian Arthur Weigall notes: "Jesus Christ never mentioned such a phenomenon, and nowhere in the New Testament does the word 'Trinity' appear. The idea was only adopted by the Church three hundred years after the death of our Lord."—The Paganism in Our Christianity.
Primitive Christianity did not have an explicit doctrine of the Trinity such as was subsequently elaborated in the creeds."—The New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology.
"The early Christians, however, did not at first think of applying the [Trinity] idea to their own faith. They paid their devotions to God the Father and to Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and they recognised the . . . Holy Spirit; but there was no thought of these three being an actual Trinity, co-equal and united in One."—The Paganism in Our Christianity.


Why Wikipedia rejects dogma of trinity?
Neither the Old Testament nor New Testament uses the term "Trinity," though Trinitarians believe the concept is implicit in various biblical passages (see Scripture section below). The doctrine of the Trinity is the result of continuous exploration by the church of the biblical data, argued in debate and treatises.[1] It was expressed in early writings from the beginning of the second century forward.[1] The First Council of Nicaea in 325 AD established a nearly universal Trinitarian dogma and expressly rejected any heresies.

Why New Encyclopædia Britannica refuted trinity?
The New Encyclopædia Britannica says: “Neither the word Trinity, nor the explicit doctrine as such, appears in the New Testament, nor did Jesus and his followers intend to contradict the Shema in the Old Testament: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord’ (Deut. 6:4). . . . The doctrine developed gradually over several centuries and through many controversies. . . . By the end of the 4th century . . . the doctrine of the Trinity took substantially the form it has maintained ever since.”—(1976), Micropædia, Vol. X, p. 126.

Answer 10

no

the doctrine of Trinity is false

God head has three separate entities
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Answer 11

The trinity is a false doctrine not supported by the Bible.