Questions tagged [persons-of-the-trinity]
The persons, or "hypostases," of the Trinity – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
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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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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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According to Orthodox trinitarianism, can the Father exist without the Son or Holy Spirit?
According to the answer at Is the Eastern Orthodox doctrine of "the Monarchy of the Father" consistent with the Athanasian creed?, the Revised Catechism says...
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Did the Father and Holy Spirit become man?
According to Trinitarian theology, the second person of the triune god became man. The second person of the triune god is also fully god, and since there is only one god, the second person of the ...
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Which theologian advised Theodosius?
This question is based on chapter 23 of the 1988 book by R.P.C. Hanson - The Search for the Christian Doctrine of God: The Arian Controversy, 318-381. "RH" in the quotes below refers to this ...
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Is there an explanation in Catholicism as to why it was the Son and not the others of the Blessed Trinity to become man and be crucified for our sake?
According to Catholic faith and theology, once God decreed to save mankind, redemption would be by the work of God-made-man.
For us men and for our salvation,
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How can the hypostases be distinct? (Identity Trinitarianism)
NOTE: This question is aimed at those who hold a particular view of the Trinity. If you do not hold the view I am referring to, then this question is not directed torwards you
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Did the Cappadocians teach one or two substances?
"One substance" means that Father and Son are one single substance. That is known as numerical sameness.
But if homoousios in the Nicene Creed is translated as "same substance," it ...
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Do Biblical Unitarians consider worshiping Jesus and/or the Holy Spirit as God to be idolatry?
Many Christians believe that Jesus is God (it's just a matter of realizing how widespread trinitarianism is, for example). However, there are Christians that go one step further and act on this belief,...
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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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In what sense was mankind created in the image of a triune essence?
God created mankind in His image.
Gen 1
26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over ...
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Do non-Social Trinitarians believe that "begotten" and "proceeding" are different?
(To clarify, I am asking about Nicene-affirming Trinitarians, just ones that don't accept intra-Godhead emotions)
In the Nicene creed, Jesus is described as: begotten of the Father
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How do Trinitarians deal with imbalances in their relationship with each Person of the Trinity?
This is a practical question. According to Trinitarianism, three distinct Persons form the Godhead: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. In principle, they are all just one God, but in practice ...
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Was it possible for God to be a single person like in Islam and Judaism? Or is the attribute of "Trinity" an essential property of God? [closed]
Correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding is that the Father "begot" the son from eternity. I suppose you could formulate my question as, did the Father have any choice in this? As in, could he ...
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Logical contradictions and the trinity
This question may seem strange, but I believe it is valid. It is commonly understood that God cannot create logical contradictions, such as a square circle, or make 1+1=3. However, it seems that the ...
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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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According to Trinitarians who believe Philippians 2:6 says Jesus is God, why did Paul add the word 'form' ('morphe')?
Philippians 2:6 is
"Ὃς ἐν μορφῇ Θεοῦ ὑπάρχων οὐχ ἁρπαγμὸν ἡγήσατο τὸ εἶναι ἴσα Θεῷ"
"Hos en morphe theou hyparchon ouch harpagmon hegesato to einai isa theo"
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According to Trinitarians, were/are some Jews Trinitarians? Who is this "Father" - the Creator spoken of throughout the Old Testament?
The Old Testament identifies YHWH as "our Father", the Creator.
Is this "Father"- the first person of the Trinity, God the Father? Is he YHWH, the God of Israel?
Malachi 2:10
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According to Trinitarian theology, does God the Father have a God?
Jesus and New Testament authors repeatedly apparently talk about the Father as Jesus' God. This Biblical Unitarian article collects some examples:
Ephesians 1:17
I keep asking that the God of our ...
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Do Trinitarian denominations believe that the Holy Spirit is omniscient, and do any believe denying it is worthy of expulsion of members?
What is a survey of beliefs in contemporary Trinitarian denominations regarding whether the Holy Spirit - a co-equal person of the Godhead - is omniscient? Do any hold members should be expelled if ...
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What is the reasoning given by Trinitarians for using 'He' instead of 'It' to refer to God, inclusive of 3 persons? [duplicate]
The plain meaning of 'He' is one person. Similar with 'I'.
Trinitarians seem to accept that referring to God, inclusive of 3 persons, as 'He' is appropriate. The view of Trinitarianism is that God is ...
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What have been excellent ways for Christian theologians to describe the concept of God, who is also the Trinity?
Triune Godhead It goes without saying that Christianity is based on the concept of a Triune Godhead, a Trinity, a Tri-unity. But those theological words do not make it any easier for the lay person, ...
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If Jesus Christ is supposedly part of the trinity how come he didn't even know when the hour would come [duplicate]
If Jesus Christ is supposedly part of the trinity how come he didn't even know when the hour would come?
Mark:13:32
"Jesus says, “But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels ...
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How does a Trinitarian explain the role each "person" of the Trinity plays, in the creation of Adam or an animal?
Trinitarians believe that God exists in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
There is also a belief amongst Trinitarians that Jesus is both the Son of God and God, that he existed before his ...
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According to Trinitarians, what is the correct personal pronoun to refer to the person who is the Holy Spirit? [duplicate]
Trinitarians hold that God is One but 3 persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Referring to the Father or the Son as 'He' is pretty straightforward.
What pronoun do Trinitarians hold is ...
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What is the role of the Three Persons of the Godhead in creation?
Genesis 1:26, New International Version (NIV) reads:
Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, ...
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(For denominations who accept icons) Who is "Jesus Christ of the old days" icon?
I'm Eastern Orthodox, but this question can be answered by catholics and any denomination that accepts icons. I went today to my local church and I saw a painting on a wall that I never noticed. It ...
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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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Which Person of the Trinity is the Ancient of Days sitting on His throne?
Accordring to Trinitarians who is this person with a form, sitting on His throne?
Daniel 7:9-27
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Vision of the Ancient of Days
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Does the Catholic's Trinity doctrine imply that the Unitarian God Multiplied into Three persons by Generating the other Two?
Does the cause-effect and begotten doctrine of the Eastern and Roman Catholic Church imply a division or multiplication in the nature of God? Unitarian God (Father) begets or caused into effect the ...
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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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In the hypostatic union, is Jesus just the name of the man or of the God or of both?
First things first: I am not a Trinitarian. However, I know many good people that are Trinitarians and some of them are very close to me so we'll say that I'm sympathetic to the cause. I'm sincerely ...
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What is the direct Biblical basis for the Son pre-existing eternally? [duplicate]
One key idea in contemporary Trinitarianism is the idea that the Son is eternal. This is required to have 3 co-equal persons (if the Son is not eternal, He is not equal to the Father).
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What is the standard term for views that aren't Unitarian?
When talking about views that aren't Trinitarian (such as LDS, JW, Christian Science, and so on) people often use the term 'Non-Trinitarian'.
Is there a standard term for views that are 'Non-Unitarian'...
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Is the Divine Substance rational?
According to the answers here and here, the term person means "an individual substance of a rational nature".
According to trinitarian theology, the triune god exists as three consubstantial persons ...
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Why was homoousios not mentioned for 20 years after Nicaea?
In the “centuries-old account of the Council of Nicaea: … The whole power of the mysterious dogma is at once established by the one word homoousios … with one pronouncement the Church identified a ...
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Does the Personalistic Norm apply to Divine Persons?
St. Pope John Paul II would be wont to say:
"the person is a good towards which the only proper and adequate attitude is love."
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How does the soul fit in with the existence
My question(s) relates to how the soul fits in with the existence "equation" and I have 2 main questions:
Is the human soul part of your person or your essence, if essence then do humans ...
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What does it mean that the Spirit proceeds from the Father?
The Bible describes the Son as "the only begotten from the Father" (John 1:14). A child is begotten only once. Therefore, I understand "begotten" as a human analogy for how the ...
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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.
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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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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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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 Jesus God or a Human? [closed]
The Bible describes God as: God is the All-Powerful Creator of the universe.
If the God is All-Powerful
how would a human (who is the less powerful) be able to crucify the All-Powerful God (Jesus)
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How do those who hold to the filiquoe understand 1 Timothy 6:16?
I was thinking about the mention of the Father in the NT with the definite article, first example is John 1:1. In the rest of the NT there is always a theological reverence towards the Father that ...
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Do any Trinitarian denominations teach from John 1 with, 'In the beginning was Jesus'?
We all know what it says, many can recite the first 3 verse of John without hesitation.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with ...
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Is it absolutely required for people to believe in the deity of Jesus to be called Christians? [closed]
The more I study scripture the more I realise that all those proof texts for the deity of Christ can also be interpreted in another way that points more in the direction that Jesus is an Elohim but ...
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According to Trinitarians, why didn't Jesus correct the scribe's use of 'Him' at Mark 12:32-33?
Mark 12:28-34 contains a back-and-forth between Jesus and a scribe.
28 Now one of the scribes had come up and heard their debate. Noticing
how well Jesus had answered them, he asked Him, “Which ...
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According to Trinitarians, is Jesus the begotten Son of God the Father, or the begotten Son of God?
A typical translation of a line from the Nicene Creed from the First Council of Constantinople (381) is
"And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten
of the Father"
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According to trinitarians (or binitarians): How can God the Son be “appointed heir of all things“ (Hebrews 1:2) if „all belongs to Him“ already?
Hebrews 1:2 (KJV) says about the Son of God:
[God] hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath
appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
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