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The first defense of the doctrine of the Trinity was by Tertullian, who was born around 150–160 AD, explicitly "defined" the Trinity as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit and defended his theology against Praxeas, [79] although he noted that the majority of the believers in his day found issue with his doctrine. [80]
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).
Christianity. For the majority of Christian denominations, the Holy Spirit, or Holy Ghost, is believed to be the third Person of the Trinity, [1] a triune God manifested as God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, each being God. [2][3][4] Nontrinitarian Christians, who reject the doctrine of the Trinity, differ significantly from ...
e. In Christianity, God is the eternal, supreme being who created and preserves all things. [ 5 ] Christians believe in a monotheistic, trinitarian conception of God, which is both transcendent (wholly independent of, and removed from, the material universe) and immanent (involved in the material universe). [ 6 ]
Social trinitarianism is a Christian interpretation of the Trinity as consisting of three persons in a loving relationship, which reflects a model for human relationships. [1] The teaching emphasizes that God is an inherently social being. [2] Human unity approaches conformity to the image of God's unity through self-giving, empathy, adoration ...
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.
Shield of the Trinity. The Shield of the Trinity or Scutum Fidei (Latin for "shield of faith") is a traditional Christian visual symbol which expresses many aspects of the doctrine of the Trinity, summarizing the first part of the Athanasian Creed in a compact diagram. In late medieval Europe, this emblem was considered to be the heraldic arms ...
Tertullian was the first theologian to write in Latin, and so has been called "the father of Latin Christianity ", [5][6] as well as "the founder of Western theology". [7] He is perhaps most famous for being the first writer in Latin known to use the term trinity (Latin: trinitas). [8]