should ALL Christians believe in the Trinity concept?

Question

according to who?

JustSyd, can you elaborate on the "real Christians"? because so many claim they are the "real" Christians.

Answer 1

It depend on how you define christian.
If christianity means teaching of Jesus Christ, then you should reject trinity.
If christianity means teaching of paul and church then you should believe in trinity.

Answer 2

Yes, according to Trinitarian Christians.

No, according to non-Trinitarian Christians.

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.

The major non-Trinitarian churches are Christadelphianism, Christian Science, Jehovah’s Witnesses, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Arian Catholicism, Unitarianism , Nontrinitarianism, and Oneness Pentecostals.

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

A true christian will only be a true chrisitian if he looks at words of Jesus only (completly ignoring what historians say that contradict with words of Jesus.


Jesus said:

A) Mark 12:29:
"the Lord our God, the lord is One"

B) Metthew: 26:39:
"He went a little farther and fell on His face and prayed"

Jesus prayed to one God

C) Matthew 4:10
"You shall worship the Lord, your God, and him only you shall serve"

Trinity was invented by Paul, an evolved concept in christianity, 200 years after Jesus, and that's how confused and divided the concept that Jesus preached. Word "son" was used in bible for general human beings and other prophets also.

Islam means to surrder to will of God. Same was done by all prophets like Ibrahim, Jesus, Moses, Mohammad. (p.b.u.h)
Look at the latest and final testiment which purifies contradictions caused by human beings in previous books.
All current names of religions (like christianity etc) are not to be found in holy books. However, the belief of every prophet was always to surrender to will of God, and therefore, every prophet since Adam was a muslim, surrendering to will of God.

Look at www.todayislam.com and discover what some most intellectual priests discovered., very interesting stories, makes me cry to see why God sent us here, and what we are doing.

Answer 4

I know wonderful Christians who do not believe in the Trinity. I also have wonderful Christian friends who *do* believe in the Trinity. I, myself, believe in the Trinity; however, I have no quarrel with those who do not -- two of my grandparents were Oneness. As far as I can tell, differences between Trinitarians and Oneness believers are essentially semantic. I believe that God is far more interested in whether we love him and our fellow human beings than he is in whether we get doctrine 100% right. We tend to major on the minors and minor on the majors, and Jesus emphasized that all of the Law and the Prophets hinged on our loving God with our whole being and on loving our neighbors as we do ourselves.

Answer 5

thank you fro your great, great question. honestly, i am a muslim. well, as a muslim, i have my rights to express on what i feel about the christianity. i've make lots of researches about the christinity. nowadays, there are many christians who are not believe in the trinity anymore but they are still christians. however, most of the christians still have faith in the trinity.
ok, let's move back to the trinity concept. during year 90-centuries ( if i wasn't mistaken), out of 39 the anglican bishops, they are 31 of them who were not obliged that jesus isn't god.

Answer 6

In my opinion, no. Catholics and other christian denominations believe in the Trinity because that is how they interpret the Bible... but different people interpret the bible different ways, as is evidenced by the fact that there are THOUSANDS of different Christian denominations. So while one group of Christians might interpret parts of the Bible as meaning the Father, Christ, and the Holy Ghost are the Trinity, other Christians might not.

See my logic?

Answer 7

Tertullian:

"Thus the connection of the Father in the Son, and of the Son in the Paraclete, produces three coherent Persons, who are yet distinct One from Another. These Three are, one essence, not one Person, as it is said, 'I and my Father are One' [John 10:30], in respect of unity of Being not singularity of number"

Arius:
....believed that the Son was subordinate to the Father, firstborn of all Creation. However, the Son did have Divine status....similar to Jehovah Witnesses...

At the First Council of Nicaea, Christians were evenly split between arians and non-arians.

Answer 8

See a million John 5:7-8. it extremely is is initially the place the belief comes from. i do no longer trust Tertullian's diagram however, that makes God and the daddy and the Holy Spirit look separate. God is the daddy and the Bible tells us that God is Spirit. that comparable Holy Spirit dwells in the Son (human flesh of Jesus Christ).

Answer 9

Ironically, the answer to that depends on which bunch of Christians you're talking to. If it works for you and your particular tradition, then yes; otherwise no. I can't claim to know, but I have a sneaking suspicion that this isn't God's primary point in evaluating people.

Answer 10

Yes - according to Christian Apostolic Tradition. It is a concept that has been with the Church all along. Why would a "Jonny come lately" have deeper insite to suggest otherwise?

Answer 11

Nah, Its just an interpretation of holy scripture. Personally I believe in it, but Wouldn't be less of a Christian if I didn't. Like I always say Jesus Christ is a Verb not a Noun.