What do religions believe about the trinity?

Answer 1

The Trinity is a central doctrine of the entire Christian Church, both Roman Catholic and all Protestant denominations. This means that, as well as Roman Catholics believing in the Trinity, The Trinity is central to the beliefs of Presbyterians, Pentecostals, Anglicans, Episcopalians, Baptists, Methodists, URC, Salvation Army, Lutherans and all other denominations.

The only groups that deny the Trinity are groups that are regarded as pseudoChristian sects by the Christian church. These include the mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses and similar groups.

Answer 2

Bible-believing Christians affirm that there is One God in Three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (2 Corinthians 13:14).

Each Person of the Godhead (Romans 1:20) is co-eternal, co-equal, and co-existent.

The Bible describes the Father as God (John 6:27), Jesus as God (Romans 9:5), the Holy Spirit is God (Acts 5:3-4); yet we insist there is only One God.

How can this be? Three in One? The Church has always affirmed this to be a "mystery", but let me try to illustrate: Consider the highest court in the United States of America. It is called the Supreme Court. It is one court and it is always spoken of as one court; yet the court is made up of 9 distinct judges. One court; 9 judges.

One God; Three Persons.

Answer 3

Most of those who call themselves Christian. However, according to the New Bible Dictionary: "The term 'Trinity' is not itself found in the Bible. It was first used by Tertullian at the close of the 2nd century, but received wide currency [common use in intellectual discussion] and formal elucidation [clarification] only in the 4th and 5 centuries" (1996, "Trinity").

It further explains that "the formal doctrine of the Trinity was the result of several inadequate attempts to explain who and what the Christian God is...To deal with these problems the Church Fathers met in [A.D.] 325 at the Council of Nicaea to set out an orthodox biblical definition concerning the divine identity." However, it would not be until 381 A.D. at the Council of Constantinople that the divinity of the Spirit was affirmed (ibid.).

This is a manmade concept and not found anywhere in the Bible. So many have made surprising admissions about the Trinity - "an absolute mystery," "mysterious in its origin and its content," "impossible for Christians actually to understand," " unintelligible," "misunderstood," "presents strange paradoxes" and "widely disputed." One would have to question then why/how a doctrine on which billions of people base their faith and salvation is accepted. The Apostle Paul was inspired to tell us in 1 Corinthians 14:33 that "God is not the author of confusion" yet this doctrine of men is total confusion.

Answer 4

The trinity is a concept in Christianity and is not part of Judaism or Islam.