How often is the term Trinity used in the bible?

Answer 1

The word 'Trinity' is not in The Bible. The use of the term Holy Trinity began with the Council of Nicaea in 325, when it agreed that God the Father, Jesus and the Holy Ghost formed a Holy Trinity.

A passage that some see as referring to concept of the Trinity is called the "Johannine Comma" (1 John 5:7). This was never in the early Greek manuscripts, only appearing in the Latin translation of the fifth century, after the Trinity doctrine had been accepted by the Council of Nicaea.

Raymond E. Brown (An Introduction to the New Testament) says that The triadic formula in Matthew 28:19 ("the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit") is the most advanced New Testament step in a trinitarian direction and easier to understand as coming at the end of the New Testament period.

It appears likely that the Gnostic leader, Valentinus, was the first to formulate the concept of the Holy Trinity. His work, On the Three Natures, is mentioned by Marcellus of Ancryra, who said that the now-lost work discussed the Father, Son and Holy Ghost as three Persons of the Trinity.

AnswerThe word 'Trinity' is not in the Bible. However, the concept of Trinity is in the Bible. Plurality of God was revealed even from the first verse of the Bible where it used the plural form ELOHIM for God in Hebrew. Later in many passages of the Bible we see this plurality eventhough Bible is very clear in its teaching about the ONEness of God. The use of the term Holy Trinity mainly began after the Council of Nicaea in 325, when it agreed that God the Father, the Son Jesus and the Holy Ghost formed a Holy Trinity.

One example of Jesus mentioning Trinity concept is found in Matthew 28:19 (Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit).

One example from Old Testament for the Trinity concept is found in Isaiah 48:16 ("Come near to Me, hear this: I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; From the time that it was, I wasthere. And now the Lord GOD and His SpiritHave sent Me.")

Answer 2

As far as i know it isn't mentioned at all. At least not the word 'trinity'.

From what i understand, the idea of a trinitarian existence of god and the word itself are more of a doctrine which came about as a result of understanding and interpretation of passages of scripture which reveal god to be the 3in1 we know.

I am fairly sure that there is no direct reference to the 'trinity' as there are a number of "christian" sects/denominations who do not accept the traditional view or doctrine of the trinity. I would imagine that seeing as they use the same bible as the rest of us the word musn't be in there, or their argument would be on very shaky ground! The biggest such group that I've had personal experience of are the Christadelphians (Google/wikipedia them) who are big in the UK and have some congregations in USA too.

It should be noted that there have been arguments within the church over the nature of God as part of the trinity for a very long time, in fact almost since the early church. The Nicene creed was put together largely to create unity of thought and belief within the church as a result of this. The main guy spreading this idea at the time was called Arius, his followers were Arians (not to be confused with Aryans ((as in the race of Germanics!)) and he had a fairly large following. He was eventually declared a heretic and exiled though, unlucky for him.

Hope this kind of answers your question by not answering it!

Answer 3

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