Questions tagged [persons-of-the-trinity]
The persons, or "hypostases," of the Trinity – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
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How do Unitarians interpret the Great Commission (Matthew 28:16-20)
When Jesus told His disciples to baptize in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, I think that those who believe that God is a Trinity of Divine Persons see this as one God and ...
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When Christians say "the Lord" in everyday speech, do they mean Jesus or the Father?
It's very common to hear Christians say "Lord" or "the Lord" in different contexts: everyday conversations, prayer, testimonies, sermons, etc. Some example sentences that come to ...
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What is the biblical basis for praying to the Holy Spirit?
There is a question about praying to Jesus already, but I noticed there is no question about praying to the Holy Spirit. What is the biblical basis for praying to the third person of the trinity?
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What is the biblical basis for switching between the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit as recipients during prayer?
I've noticed that some Christians seem to switch the recipient of their prayer as they pray. For example, they may begin their prayer by addressing the Father, but at some point they suddenly switch ...
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Is there a Christian denomination that only considers the Son and the Father to be persons of God? [duplicate]
Is there a Christian denomination that holds only the Son and the Father as persons of God? (Only two persons) -- as opposed to Trinitarianism and Unitarianism. Has it been upheld by anyone in ...
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What is the Biblical basis for the personhood of the Holy Spirit? Is it a new revelation? [duplicate]
I worship in a Pentecostal Church, where the Holy Spirit is endorsed. Whenever I hear gospels about the Holy Spirit I always hear the following that the Spirit is a Person.
Is there biblical excerpts ...
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How do the Father and Son differ if they have the same particular essence?
My question assumes ousia in Christian orthodoxy means a particular (not universal) essence or form, and not a concrete instantiation (hypostasis).
If the Father and Son have the same ousia, where are ...
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How do Trinitarians interpret Jesus's statement that "I live because of the Father"?
Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so
the one who feeds on me will live because of me (John 6:57)
This statement by Jesus seems to insinuate that Jesus derives his ...
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How can God be three persons? [duplicate]
How can God be three Persons when He is defined by thousands of singular personal pronouns, which define ONE Person?
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What does Eastern Orthodox Christians mean that the Father alone is the one God?
What does Eastern Orthodox Christians mean that the Father is the one God?
I understand that Eastern Orthodox Trinitarianism differs from Unitarianism in that the former teaches three divine persons ...
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According to Catholic Tradition, did God the Father ever teach or punish God the Son?
Catholics are taught to believe in the Trinity - God in Three Persons - The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
If Catholics are taught to worship God "The Father" and God "The Son", ...
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How is the doctrine of the Trinity substantiated?
I have noted that some people do not believe in the doctrine of Trinity, namely "three personas, one nature", but my question is not about whether the doctrine is true! It is about how those,...
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Who is God in the Old Testament? (Trinity)
I had always thought the Entity of the Trinity that appears in the Old Testament was God the Father. However, upon re-reading several passages, I am beginning to think it might be Jesus Christ.
The ...
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From a trinitarian perspective, how do you biblically reconcile Jesus dying and Jesus being God?
I've heard non-trinitarians say, "The Bible says God can't die, therefore Jesus isn't God.
First of all, does the Bible even say that God can't die (I assume it does, or at least it implies it). ...
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Why were ousia and hypostasis synonymous in the Nicene Creed?
Why were ousia and hypostasis synonymous in the Nicene Creed?
In the original 325 A.D. Nicene Creed, an anathema is included which has ousia and hypostasis as synonymous. In this case, the Trinity is ...
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What is the Biblical basis for the "one" in "the Trinitarian God is one being in three persons"?
In the Trinity, the one divine being is three persons whereas one human being is only one person (source: Is The Trinity a philosophical contradiction?).
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What role does the Holy Ghost fill that the Father can't?
In trinitarian doctrine, what role does the Holy Ghost fill that the Father can't / doesn't?
My understanding is, that according to trinitarians:
The Father is a spirit
The Holy Ghost is a spirit
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Did God the Son become flesh?
I read here somewhere that 'the logos IS the ever-living Son'.
The bible says the logos became flesh.
And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us; and we saw His glory, glory as of the only Son ...
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According to Protestantism is the Holy Spirit a Spirit of a Spirit?
God is a Spirit as stated in the Bible. The Holy Spirit is described as the Spirit of God. Does this mean that the Holy Spirit is a Spirit of a Spirit? How does this relationship work?
I know the ...
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Why was the revelation that God has the Only Begotten Son not given in the Old Testament?
Of course, we have many indications to that truth in the Old Testament, but it was only with the coming of Jesus Christ that it was spoken to humans in plain language that God has the Only-begotten ...
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What does The Father do?
It seems like such a basic question: what does the Father do? It is said that the Holy Spirit is the life-giver and speaks through the prophets and everything is made through the Son, Jesus, and Jesus ...
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Why does Jesus refer to Himself as something distinct from God?
This question is addressed to people of trinitarian sects. If Jesus is part of a trinity, why are there so many examples of Him referring to Himself as something distinct from God? Some examples are ...
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Is 1 Corinthians 15:27 problematic for trinitarians?
Bible hub has several translations of 1 Corinthians 15:27.
NKJV reads
For “He has put all things under His feet.” But when He says “all things are put under Him,” it is evident that He who put all ...
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What is the official Catholic view of a feminine element within the Trinity?
A recent question on Christianity Stack (about monotheism and the Trinity) suggested that since Christians present the Trinity as a “family” it must contain a feminine element. This came as news to ...
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What is the Anglican and Episcopalian basis for viewing the Trinity as a family that should contain a feminine element?
A recent question on Christianity Stack (about monotheism and the Trinity) suggested that since Christians present the Trinity as a “family” it must contain a feminine element. This came as news to ...
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Do the reformed theology adherents believe that a believer should not "converse with" or "pray to" or worship the Holy Spirit?
I was in a Reformed house church and heard them making a statement of faith after the meeting. In that, they wrote that only the Father and the Son are to be worshipped and prayed to. They believed ...
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Are there different views on the nature or/and understanding of the Trinity among Trinitarians?
I think I've heard people describe the doctrine differently, maybe because they do not fully grasp the so-called "mystery". I've heard someone make an argument for the Trinity while maintaining the ...
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How do Trinitarians explain the Athanasian Creed saying that the "one God" is the Trinity rather than the Father as in the Nicene Creed?
In Scripture and the early Creeds, "one God" is used primarily to refer to God the Father:
1 Cor 8:6 (NIV): yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for ...
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What is the Trinitarian explanation or interpretation of Proverbs 8:22 [duplicate]
Prov 8:22 (NKJV) says about Wisdom:
The Lord possessed me at the beginning of His way, Before His works of old.
And John 1:1 reads:
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and ...
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Is there a denomination/sect of Christianity that believes that Jesus was the son of an angel?
Rabbi Yosef Massas (1892–1974) writes in responsa Mayim Chaim vol. 2 (Yoreh Deah §108:2) that he spoke to a Christian (possibly Catholic) priest who claimed that they only worship the One God and that ...
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Were Jews in Jesus' day binitarian?
Is it true that Jews during Jesus' lifetime were binitarian, that is believing that God was one being in two persons similar to how Christians have historically believed and taught that God is ...
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How do non-trinitarians respond to the argument that God is love necessitates the eternity of the Son? [duplicate]
A common argument for the Trinity (or at least the eternity of The Son) is that God is love,
For if there be a being without beginning, existing before all things, was He loving when there was ...
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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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How is the Logos person after incarnation? [closed]
I already searched in case my question has been questioned. But I cannot find it.
From this link I read :
Question: What does incarnate mean? How was Jesus God incarnate?
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How does the view of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints about Jesus Christ differ from Protestant Trinitarian Christology?
The Protestant Trinitarian view of Jesus Christ is that he is the only-begotten Son of God – begotten, not made. He is of one substance with the Father by whom all things were made. He is the Word ...
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How does the Jehovah’s Witness view of who Jesus Christ is differ from Protestant Trinitarian Christology?
The Protestant Trinitarian view of Jesus Christ is that he is the only-begotten Son of God – begotten, not made. He is of one substance with the Father by whom all things were made. He is the Word ...
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Do the Taylor Brethren use the term 'Trinity' in a specialised way?
In 1890, the Brethren movement split into two, one section led by F E Raven (the cause of the split) who was then succeeded by James Taylor Senior, who also held at least some of Raven's views.
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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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Are the Word and Spirit also called God because the Father isn't made up of parts in accordance with the the doctrine of the Trinity? [duplicate]
Do Christians worship the Word and Spirit as God too because the Word and Spirit are inseparable attributes of the Father and because the Father isn't made up of parts? Actually I am just trying to ...
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Two questions of the Belgic Confession
I've asked a question here, where the answer quoted The Belgic Confession
We believe that by being thus conceived the person of the Son has been
inseparably united and joined together with human ...
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In Catholic theology is Yehovah the Father or all three persons?
When reading the Hebrew scriptures and one encounters a reference to Yehovah, does that map in the NT to the Father? Or to the Father, Son and Holy Ghost? For example, in this passage can we be ...
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In Trinitarian theology who created the world? [closed]
Did the father create the world by himself by fiat ("Let there be and there was...")?
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Did the father order the son to create the world and the son did the work (where "Let there be..." was a ...
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In John 20:17 does Jesus have a God? [duplicate]
John 20:17 says that Jesus has a God. I have looked it up in every translation. it says "Jesus said to her "touch me not;for I am not yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brethren, and say unto ...
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Is God the Son's divine nature human?
According to the hypostatic union, God the Son assumed a human nature, so that he is both fully divine and fully human. The two natures, although distinct, are not separated.
Does this mean god the ...
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According to Trinitarian theology of Calvinism, was the Word (2nd person of the Trinity) missing from heaven when He (the Word) incarnated on Earth?
What I mean with "missing from heaven" is something like this :
A. Only the first and the third persons of the Trinity were in heaven because the second person was on Earth.
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Does 1 Corinthians 8:6 prove Unitarianism? [closed]
yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all , things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist. 1 Corinthians 8:6 ESV
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If the second person of the triune god bears witness of himself, why is it not true?
In John 5:31 Yeshua says:
If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.
If the second person of the triune god bears witness of himself, why is it not true?
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Did Jesus really had to be God for the atonement of sin to work? [closed]
Since only Jesus's nature died in our place (and not his divine nature) as said by some theologians , then how can we be saved by the death of a human, how can the blood of an ordinary human save us?
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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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What does "Tres Personae" mean in Tertullian's "Una Substantia Tres Personae"?
I've read the internet about Tertullian's "tres personae, una substantia" of Trinity. It seems that his "tres personae, una substantia" is rejected by all kind of Christianity.
However I would like ...
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