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The concept of the Trinity can be seen as developing significantly during the first four centuries by the Church Fathers in reaction to theological interpretations known as Adoptionism, Sabellianism, and Arianism. Adoptionism was the belief that Jesus was an ordinary man, born of Joseph and Mary, who became the Christ and Son of God at his baptism.
In Christianity, the doctrine of the Trinity states that God is a single essence in which three distinct hypostases ("persons"): the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit, exist consubstantially and co-eternally as a perichoresis. Islam considers the concept of any "plurality" within God to be a denial of monotheism.
Theophilus of Antioch is the earliest Church father documented to have used the word "Trinity" to refer to God.. Debate exists as to whether the earliest Church Fathers in Christian history believed in the doctrine of the Trinity – the Christian doctrine that God the Father, the Son (Jesus Christ) and the Holy Spirit are three distinct persons sharing one homoousion (essence).
Raphael's 1518 depiction of Prophet Ezekiel's vision of God the Father in glory. God the Father is a title given to God in Christianity.In mainstream trinitarian Christianity, God the Father is regarded as the first Person of the Trinity, followed by the second person, Jesus Christ the Son, and the third person, God the Holy Spirit. [1]
The trinity depicted in stained glass Social trinitarianism is a Christian interpretation of the Trinity as consisting of three persons , each person having their own center of consciousness. These persons are united in a loving relationship, which reflects a model for human relationships.
Classical trinitarianism has often been said to sometimes struggle in assinging content or traits to each of the persons of the trinity. Trinitarian theologians have struggled with needing an answer to the question on what properly distinguishes the Father, Son and Holy Spirit properly for each other, and if the presence of too many properties ...
The Christian doctrine of the Trinity includes the concept of God the Holy Spirit, along with God the Son and God the Father. [ 95 ] [ 96 ] Theologian Vladimir Lossky has argued that while, in the act of the Incarnation , God the Son became manifest as the Son of God , the same did not take place for God the Holy Spirit which remained unrevealed.
The "Heavenly Trinity" joined to the "Earthly Trinity" through the Incarnation of the Son – The Heavenly and Earthly Trinities by Murillo (c. 1677)Subordinationism is a Trinitarian doctrine wherein the Son (and sometimes also the Holy Spirit) is subordinate to the Father, not only in submission and role, but with actual ontological subordination to varying degrees. [1]