Trinity

The Doctrine of the Incarnation states that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and the Second Person of the Trinity came down to earth and lived among all human beings. Over the past centuries, it has been debated whether Jesus was either human or divine. McGrath writes that there are three functional statements about Jesus: Jesus is the savior of humanity, Jesus is worshipped, and Jesus reveals God (McGrath, 66, 67). At the Council of Chalcedon in 451, it was decided that the Council would…

The Holy Spirit is often discounted in the Trinity, leaving the Father and the Son. We always hear and read a lot about the work of the Father and the Son, but the work of the Holy Spirit is often ignored. However, the Holy Spirit is always working in us. Even though people often forget about the Holy Spirit, it plays a huge role in the Church today. I think the Holy Spirit is often discounted as a member of the Trinity because people do not understand the role it plays in their lives. It is…

The Christian concept of the Trinity is in accordance with the Hindu concept of the Trimurti. Hinduism perceives creation as the work of three fundamental forces symbolized by three gods from the Trimurti: Brahma, the creator, Vishnu, the sustainer, and Shiva, the destroyer. Although in this case the Trimurti accounts for the Trinity of Christianity, it contrasts with the fundamental idea of Islam that The One cannot be divided,…

embrace the notion of the Triad until the Assembly of Nicea in 325 AD. At that time, certain Christians were Unitarians (those who have deemed God to be a singular entity). Even currently, there are Christians do will certainly never acknowledge the Trinity. Likewise, notable individuals have outright rejected the creed of Trinitarians, for instance, intellectuals such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, geniuses such as Sir Isaac Newton, revolutionary feminist icons such as Florence Nightingale, esteemed…

approximately 5.8 billion adults and children who are religiously affiliated. So, one point that most of the world’s population can agree on is this: something exists beyond our comprehension. So what is that “something”? Christianity teaches it is the Holy Trinity (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) while Judaism and Islam teach it is Yahweh and Allah respectively. Paganism however tends to differ. An example would be Wicca which (for the most part) teaches that God has both a masculine and feminine…

God with attributes which invalidates a perfect God. Even if this is set aside, the predicates of the standard of a perfect and absolute God are again pervaded further when one believes that Jesus of Nazareth as a physical being is a member of the trinity of God, in that God is transformed into an entity that is reflected by matter, and thus made imperfect. This argument seem to echo the case for the unity of God made by Saadya Gaon in his Emunot Ve-Deot. Here, one can find an expanded series of…

of St. Gregory’s work defend Christ’s divinity and introduce the Holy Trinity; rather he describes the relationship within the Holy Trinity as procession. "The Holy Spirit is truly Spirit, coming forth from the Father indeed but not after the manner of the Son, for it is not by generation but by procession, since I must coin a word for the sake of clearness." (St. Gregory Nazianzus) He famously defended the doctrine of the Trinity; setting the foundation for further development regarding the…

John Dear is a theologian, peace activist, and priest. With his background in Christianity and peacemaking, Dear has written many books, including The God of Peace. The God of Peace: Toward a Theology of Nonviolence capitalizes on the history of Christianity and the aspects of the roots of nonviolence. John Dear captures his ideas in 20 chapters in his book that all include different themes like “God Is Nonviolent,” “The Sin of Violence,” and “The Sacraments of Nonviolence.” (Dear, p. VIII) With…

The three Abrahamic religions – Judaism, Christianity and Islam ¬¬¬– all have one thing in common, the nature of monotheism. Judaism innovated the idea of one God about 3000 years ago, with the Israelites. Though it was restricted to the people of Israel, this was the first time a monotheistic religion came into play. Worshipping the same God of Israel, Christians were the second monotheistic believers. The teachings of Jesus Christ of Nazareth were next to become revolutionary. As the Son, he…

Fourth, Christianity is the only religion that truly understands the nature and attributes of the Almighty God and teaches the Trinity. The doctrine of the Trinity says that there is one true God who exists in three consubstantial persons or hypostases: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Islam and Judaism the two other monotheistic religions do not share this belief. Trinity…