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Today, several analogies for the Trinity abound. The comparison is sometimes made between the triune God and H 2 O. [144] [145] Just as H 2 O can come in three distinct forms (liquid, solid, gas), so God appears as Father, Son, Spirit. [144] [145] The mathematical analogy, "1+1+1=3, but 1x1x1=1" is also used to explain the Trinity. [144]
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 ...
David J. Engelsma, Trinity and Covenant, Reformed Free Publishing Association, 2006. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728). "Perichoresis". Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (1st ed.). James and John Knapton, et al.
The doctrine of the Trinity, considered the core of Christian theology by Trinitarians, is the result of continuous exploration by the church of the biblical data, thrashed out in debate and treatises, eventually formulated at the First Council of Nicaea in AD 325 in a way they believe is consistent with the biblical witness, and further refined in later councils and writings. [1]
The Trinitarians, formally known as the Order of the Most Holy Trinity and of the Captives (Latin: Ordo Sanctissimae Trinitatis et Captivorum; abbreviated OSsT), is a mendicant order of the Catholic Church for men founded in Cerfroid, outside Paris, in the late 12th century.
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).
Trinity Sunday is the first Sunday after Pentecost in the Western Christian liturgical calendar, and the Sunday of Pentecost in Eastern Christianity. [1] Trinity Sunday celebrates the Christian doctrine of the Trinity , the three Persons of God: the Father , the Son , and the Holy Spirit .
Bernhard Lohse (1928–1997) states that the doctrine of the Trinity does not go back to non-Christian sources such as Plato or Hinduism and that all attempts at suggesting such connections have floundered. [126] The majority of Christians are now Trinitarian and regard belief in the Trinity as a test of true orthodoxy of belief. [118]