Questions tagged [trinity]
The doctrine of the three-personhood of God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; who, though existing in three distinct persons and work towards different arenas, are the same God, of the same mind, and the same purpose.
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If "God" is a Trinity, where in the Bible does the word "God" refer to the Trinity? [duplicate]
There may be places where the word is ambiguous. What I am looking for is one example that must be all three.
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Were the Jews right in accusing Jesus of claiming to be God? [duplicate]
I was once asked this question by a Jehovah Witness to prove if the Jews understood that Jesus was claiming to be God. I affirm that they did while the Jehovah Witnesses deny it.
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Was the Trinity looked upon by John of Damascus and Gregory of Nyssa as a combination of Jewish monotheism and pagan polytheism?
John of Damascus says "of the Greek we have the distinction of hypostases.". That is adding Greek doctrine to "Christianity."
When John says "we have" something "...
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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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Is the Greek word Protoktistos used anywhere in the Bible?
Arguing against the teaching that Jesus is a created being, some point out that calling him the firstborn of all creation (Colossians 1:15) does not mean the first created.
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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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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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How are John 17:3 (the Father being "the only true God") and John 14:6 (Jesus being "the truth") reconcilable?
I was wondering if there was a hidden meaning to John 17:3.
In John 17:3 Jesus calls Father the only true God, but in John 14:6 Jesus says that He is the Truth. You can't have a "True" God without ...
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Where did the trinity concept come from? [duplicate]
When I read the bible I see God and His Son as distinctly separate beings. Son sits next to Father. Son prays to Father. Yada yada.
How can they be the same person?
And when I read the bible I ...
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Trinity, is the son of GOD, GOD himself/itself? [closed]
I understand that Jesus is son of GOD. The scripture is clear on that one. Jesus did lots of things that only GOD can do. We revered Jesus as God (not all caps).
But is he also GOD, the father (all ...
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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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Why did Jesus address Yahweh as God at the Cross?
Throughout the Gospels, we see Jesus addressing Yahweh as 'Father'. But we see at Matt 27:46 Jesus addressing the Father as `God':
"And about three o’clock Jesus cried with a loud voice, “Eli, Eli,...
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Is there a Christian sect that believes only The New Testament and only Christ is God and The Whole Trinity exists in Him? [closed]
"For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily." - Colossians 2:9
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Is there a concept of a theological quadrilemma with regard to the person and divinity of Jesus Christ?
One well-known trilemma considered a proof of the divinity of Jesus is most commonly known in the version by C. S. Lewis. It proceeds from the premise that Jesus claimed to be God, and that therefore ...
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Did Jesus have a physical body before his incarnation?
According to the doctrine of the trinity the Son is eternal. Is this in reference to his divine nature only or the physical and divine? If it is both physical and divine, then did the body shrink ...
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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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What is the difference between LORD and GOD? [closed]
I need to understand whether GOD and LORD is the same or different.
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How do Trinitarians explain John 17:3?
Unitarians use John 17:3 to affirm their faith that the Father alone is the only true God. They would say that this is the strongest evidence that there is only one person who is true God. Thus, the ...
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Is Trinity A Roman Empire Construction? [duplicate]
Please do not take offence at my question but for the life of me I cannot pin point where I read or heard the statement that the Roman Empire came up with the idea of Trinity to stop fighting between ...
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Why did the councils decide what they did on the Trinity? [closed]
What is the history of why the Trinity doctrine is crafted the way it is? What problems about the nature of God does it solve that could not be solved as well in any other way? With several councils ...
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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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Since St. Irenaeus was not a Trinitarian was/is he damned?
These are some of the statements made by St. Irenaeus that I believe put him at odds with the Creed of Athanasius: The Trinity Delusion (St. Irenaenus)
Here are the threats of the Creed: Athanasian ...
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Did St. Paul know the doctrine of the Trinity?
Did St. Paul know anything about the doctrine of the Trinity (3 Persons in 1 God) but ran out of ink to fully explain it?
Or would the Trinitarian doctrine of the Athanasian Creed, for example, have ...
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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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Do Calvinists Disbelieve the Doctrine of Eternal Generation as a 'Begetting'?
I read this on a Calvinist website (emphasis mine):
Monogenes – This fallacy has existed for years and caused much confusion and damage. It is thought by many to be derived from monos (only) and ...
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Are there any Unitarian Catholic Churches?
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Weird question, I know that Catholicism's orthodox teachings are trinity, so this question is strange to me also.
Growing up, I was not raised catholic and believed that Jesus ...
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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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Does the Bible ever refer to Jesus Christ as “God”? [duplicate]
I believe Jesus Christ is God and that He is also called God in the Bible. Hebrews 1:8 is always my first choice as the proof of this. Heb. 1:8 says,
"But unto the Son He saith, 'Thy throne, O ...
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What word describes the heresy of "Jesus is the Son of Himself"?
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This question is the result of a personal thought experiment and is for curiosity sake. I do not profess nor believe the following statement.
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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 role does The Word have in The Trinity?
So in John 1, it says that the Word was God, and I am curious as to whether the Word of God is considered part of the Father, Son, or Holy Spirit? Or is it distinct, and if so, why is it not included ...
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Do Catholics eat the substance of the Father during "communion"?
The reason I am raising this question is not so much to understand communion as to understand:
"one substance with the Father" (since that seems at odds with Hebrews 1:1-3 to me)
"consubstantiation"
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How it is possible to be one God in three persons (Jesus, Holy Ghost, and God the Father)?
1)”Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Deuteronomy 6:4
2)And the Word( Jesus) became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son[a] from the ...
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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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Does the Chalcedonian Definition mean Christ has two minds?
In the seventh century two Christological doctrines were determined to be un-orthodox and in contradiction to the Chalcedonian Definition: that Christ has one "energy", and then that Christ has one ...
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According to Trinitarians, did the human Jesus worship the divine Jesus?
According to Trinitarians, did the human Jesus worship the divine Jesus?
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How is the trinity all God but also distinct? [duplicate]
In an answer to If Jesus is God the Father, did God the father die on the cross when Jesus died? it is pointed out that:
to summarize the Trinity:
The Father is God
The Son is God
The Holy Spirit is ...
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How does Jesus' pre-incarnational existence relate to oneness pentecostalist godhead doctrine?
I've watched a few Youtube debates on trinitarianism vs unitarianism and the trinitarian apologists invariably try to prove Jesus "backwards" eternality (that he existed before the incarnation).
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Is Trinitarianism Biblical or pagan? [closed]
Is the concept of Trinity from the Bible? If it is then should I as a Muslim conclude that Bible does not uphold the unity of GOD, rather teaches 'tritheism', as the Bible says "Three are witness in ...
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Has any scholar argued that the Trinity doctrine solves the "best possible world" and "divine freedom to create" objections?
Quoting the wikipedia article, "The claim that the actual world is the best of all possible worlds is the central argument in Leibniz's theodicy, or his attempt to solve the problem of evil." It is ...
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Can orthodox Trinitarians say, "God died on the cross"?
In the council of Ephesus (431 A.D.) the question of whether or not Jesus' mother Mary should be referred to as the "Mother of God" or the "Mother of Christ" was debated. On the orthodox (Mother of ...
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Christ is true God and true Man... from when?
According to the catholic doctrine, Jesus is "true God and true human." That nature of Him was taken in order to redeem the humanity of sin.
My question is:
Since he is God since all times, did he ...
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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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No one has seen God [duplicate]
How do Trinitarians reconcile John 1:18:
No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him
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How does Catholicism interpret Deuteronomy 13:1-11
According to this answer provided by Geremia, Thomas Aquinas wrote:
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