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28 questions linked to/from What is the doctrine of the Trinity?
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Clarifications on the concept of Trinity according to Catholic creed [duplicate]
I'm trying to understand what the correct understanding would be according to Catholic teachings.
From what I understand the concept of Trinity is 3 persons who are one and the same. Is this correct?...
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How is God the Father and God the Son and God the Holy Spirit the same? [duplicate]
I don't get that God is three persons and not one it just doesn't make sense to me at all. How does one God become three persons? Like as in a 3 leafed clover?
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Does Jesus ever claim to be God, or the son of God?
While I understand there are many potential passages in the Bible of Jesus claiming to be a messiah (which I understand to mean "anointed"), a king, or one through whom it is necessary to know God, I'...
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What exactly does it mean that Jesus Christ is the son of God?
What does it mean to a Christian that Christ is the son of God? On the one hand, obviously, the normal biological meaning of son does not apply. On the other hand, "we are all children of God", but ...
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What are the theological implications of "filioque"?
Depending on your tradition, the Nicene Creed may or may not say that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Son as well as from the Father:
(Greek) τὸ ἐκ τοῦ πατρὸς ἐκπορευόμενον - who from the Father ...
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What are the Biblical arguments against modalism?
Modalism, or Sabellianism, is the belief that the three persons of the Trinity (God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit) are simply three "roles" or "modes" of the same person.
This view ...
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When talking about the Trinity, what does "persons" mean?
The triune God is defined as three persons equal in nature. What does "persons" mean in this statement? Can the word "persons" be replaced with "personalities" or "roles"?
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Was Christ the man created?
In historical Christian belief (of almost any type), it would be considered heresy to say that God the Son was created. The term "begat" is preferred, where this term does not imply creation.
In such ...
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Trinity (Christians) = Trimurti (Hindus)?
I have heard about the concept ot Trimurti in Hinduism Wiki. One for construction (Brahma), one for protection (Vishnu) and one for destruction (Shiva). And somehow I feel it is related to Trinity in ...
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What does it mean to "worship God" to Christians in general?
When Christians worship or pray to God, generally what is in their mind? Do they pray to God who is one person among Trinity or do they pray to all three of them as one?
I am asking about what is in ...
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Is the concept of God in Christianity (the Trinity) three Gods or One? [closed]
I don't understand the concept of God in Christianity. Based on what I do know, there is God, the Son of God and the Holy Spirit -- doesn't this add up to 3 Gods?
In Christianity, is there there One (...
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How do Trinitarians explain the Father granting life to the Son (John 5:26)?
For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. (John 5:26, NIV)
How do trinitarians explain the fact that the Father has granted life to the Son?
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Is Jesus the Creator?
The following verses clearly credit Jesus Christ with “Creation.” How do Christians view the role of Christ in Creation?
Ephesians 3:9:
And to make all [men] see what [is] the fellowship of the ...
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Is 'pure' monotheism of more primitiveness and innateness than the Trinity is? [closed]
I know that it is shocking for Trinitarians to ask this question, but it seems to me that monotheism, pure monotheism is more primitive. While Trinity is of less primitiveness and of less common sense....
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What is the origin of the Doctrine of Trinity?
My understanding is that "Trinity" is not is not used in the Christian Bible to define the three hypostases: God, Christ, and Holy Spirit. What then is the historical origin of the Doctrine of the ...
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Is the Christian concept of the Trinity influenced by Philo's philosophy?
Philo, the Hellenistic Jewish philosopher who lived at the same time as Jesus (albeit in Egypt) and during the time of the early church, taught a trinity very similar to what the Scriptures teach ...
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What is the Scriptural Basis Against the Trinity [duplicate]
Trinitarianism, or the Trinity, is the belief that God exists as three persons (God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit) seperate, but co-equal.
This view is labelled as a heresy by some ...
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What Christianity thinks about the God of present day Judaism? [closed]
I read here that most of the modern Christians believe in a Triune God and Consider Jesus to be the God in trinity. I was wondering What Christianity thinks about the God of present day Judaism , as ...
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Is my view of the Trinity accurate, and what is exactly the role of the Holy Spirit
I am an Atheist from a Muslim background, I would like to know exactly how do Christians think of Trinity (Especially the Holy Spirit)?
Most Muslims see "Trinity" as three separate persons or ...
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Understanding Trinity, is the belief that each Person has independent Will?
In the trinity the belief is that the Father is God, the Son is God, and the holy ghost is God.
The Father is a Person, and Son is a Person, and the holy Ghost is a Person.
And they all always ...
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What qualifies the 3 entities of the Trinity as one?
Follow up to this question: (If A = x and B = x and C = x then why isn't A = B = C? (Trinity)
What qualifies the 3 entities of the Trinity as one?
Now that the concept of the Trinity is more ...
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Where is the Trinity in the Bible? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Biblical basis for the doctrine of the Trinity
I've heard of the Trinity multiple times and under the basis of it.
He is one God, but with three personalities. The Father, ...
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What is a formal ontological definition of the nature of God according to the doctrine of the Trinity?
What is a formal ontological definition of the nature of God according to the doctrine of the Trinity? Are the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit ontologically independent entities, each one being ...
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Is Jehovah Jesus Christ? [closed]
I have heard people state that the LDS doctrine that Jesus Christ is Jehovah is incorrect. I have been studying the titles of Jehovah in Isaiah 40-48 and I have found that they are similar and in many ...
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Are Christians monotheists and what is the nature of Jesus? (i.e. Give me the basics of Christianity please) [closed]
I am not familiar with Christianity so I have some questions.
1- Is Jesus one and only god? I have read some other questions and answers and I have found that there is a real God and Jesus is his son ...
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What do the Apologists mean by three persons as "one in nature" if the Son and Spirit are not eternal?
The christology of the Apologists is known to be the Logos Christology. Their teaching is summarized as follows:
Logos endiathetos - eternal reason within God
Logos prophorikos - the spoken word of ...
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According to mainstream Christianity, who is God? [duplicate]
This question also relates to it:
What is the Biblical basis for the doctrine of the Trinity?
Growing up I've been led to believe that God is God, and Jesus is God's son. But others have also ...
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Our prayers should be aimed at who? [closed]
I know that Jesus died for my sins, and I know that we pray in Jesus' name, but should we ask Jesus or God the Father?