What is the Holy Trinity Concept?

Answer 1

A:The Holy Trinity is simply the Christian concept of three persons in one God: the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The Church often refers to the concept as a mystery, but it is actually simpler than the Hindu godhead that is three gods in one, and certainly simpler and easier to understand than the ancient Egyptian syncretism that was far more complex than anything imagined in the Christian Trinity.

The Holy Trinity is a concept the Church prefers to say was always part of Christian doctrine. However, the earliest known proponent of the Holy Trinity was Tertullian, a Latin theologian who wrote in the early third century.

The new concept gradually gained adherents throughout the third century but also faced opposition, particularly from Arius, a popular Libyan priest at the beginning of the fourth century. The Trinity was adopted as Christian doctrine at the Council of Nicaea in 325, but the Church remained divided until Emperor Theodosius made belief in the Trinity a requirement for all Christians, around 380 CE.

The Holy Trinity supposedly has scriptural support in the 'Johannine Comma', 1 John 5:7-8 ("For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one."), but that passage was never in the early Greek manuscripts. It appeared in the Latin translation of the fifth century, after the Trinity doctrine had been accepted by the Council of Nicaea and long after the time of Tertullian.

Answer 2

That God is three people in one. God,the Father,Jesus Christ,the son, and the Holy Spirit.

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Addition. Others believe that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost (or Holy Spirit) are three separate members but all having a united purpose - thus being one as described in the intercessory prayer in John 17:21-23.

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The term "Trinity" in Christianity refers to the concept of God as one being in three persons. What this means is that there is only one God; He is God the Father, God the Son (Jesus Christ), and God the Spirit (sometimes referred to as the Holy Ghost or Holy Spirit). Each is not a part of God - each is fully God and God is all three at all times. Each carries out a certain role and the three persons can, and do, interact with each other without ceasing to be one being. It's a difficult concept and might be impossible for humans to fully understand, but that's pretty much the gist of it.

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The trinity is n explanation of the 3 forms of God, that people believe him to be; the holy Father, the holy spirit and the Holy son. It explains that God cant be just one or two of the forms but has to be all three as they symbolize the three parts of him.

Answer 3

A:The concept of Holy Trinity arose in the third century, with Tertullian its earliest known proponent. It became increasingly popular and was adopted by the Council of Nicea in the fourth century, although not without fierce debate, which continued through most of the fourth century. In 381, Emperor Theodosius declared belief in the Holy Trinity essential for all Roman citizens, and any other view henceforth became heresy.

The Holy Trinity is the concept that there are three persons in one God: the Father, the Son Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. The Nicene Creed states that Jesus is of one substance with the Father. It appears to give a lesser position to the Holy Spirit, saying, at first, that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father. This was changed by the western Church, to say that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and from the Son, in what is known as the filioque clause. Presumably, this gave Jesus a somewhat higher status in the godhead than if the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father alone. The eastern Church never accepted the filioque clause and this became a factor in the eventual breakup of the Christian Church into Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches. It is not necessarily clear why the Holy Spirit need proceed from either the Father or the Son, unless the Spirit is only a dependent being, but that has never been acknowledged, although the view had some currency in the early Church.

Given that there is no scriptural support for the Holy Trinity, it is not surprising that Acts of the Apostles contains a puzzling reference. Acts 10:38 says, "How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power ..." In the modern Trinitarian view, this implies one person who is God anointing another person who is God with another person who is the same God. Of course, the Luke/Acts Christology only held that Jesus was the Son of God from the time of his conception, but not divine.

Answer 4

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 5

There is one God, the Father. From the Father comes his Logos (the Son), through his Word comes his breath (the Holy Spirit).

Answer 6

That is correct.