Trinity

Trinity
RELATED TOPICS	God the Father, Jesus, Holy Spirit
SERMONS, ESSAYS AND OPINIONS	* Trinity (carm) Easton's Bible Dictionary entry on Trinity
CONTENTS

The Trinity is the Christian doctrine describing the triune nature of God, which asserts the following

• There is one and only one God
• The one God eternally exists in three distinct persons
• The Father is God, Jesus, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit are God

The word "Trinity" is not found in the Bible. It was first used in writing by Theophilus of Antioch around 180 A.D. as a way of expressing the triune nature of the one God revealed in Scripture. The Bible does use the words Father, Son, and Holy Spirit though.

Scriptural References To The Trinity

A number of passages in the Bible refer directly to the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

• Matthew 28:19 - Template:Matthew 28:19 (WEB)
• 2 Corinthians 13:13 - Template:2 Corinthians 13:13 (WEB)
• Luke 1:35 - Template:Luke 1:35 (WEB)

A number of verses also show that Jesus was God.

• John 1:1 and John 1:14 - Template:John 1:1 (WEB) Template:John 1:14 (WEB)
• John 5:21 - Template:John 5:21 (WEB)
• John 8:23-24 - Template:John 8:23 (WEB) Template:John 8:24 (WEB)
• John 8:58 - Template:John 8:58 (WEB) (Jesus is speaking in reference to when God told Moses to tell the Hebrews "I am has sent you" in Exodus 3:14)
• John 10:30 - Template:John 10:30 (WEB)
• John 10:38 - Template:John 10:38 (WEB)
• 1 John 5:20 - Template:1 John 5:20 (WEB)
• Titus 2:13 - Template:Titus 2:13 (WEB)
• Colossians 2:9 - Template:Colossians 2:9 (WEB)
• Philippians 2:5-6 - Template:Philippians 2:5 (WEB) Template:Philippians 2:6 (WEB)

Quotes

Justin Martyr

"We will prove that we worship him reasonably; for we have learned that he is the Son of the true God himself, that he holds a second place, and the Spirit of prophecy a third. For this they accuse us of madness, saying that we attribute to a crucified man a place second to the unchangeable and eternal God, the Creator of all things; but they are ignorant of the mystery which lies therein" (First Apology 13:5–6 [A.D. 151]).

Links

• trinities A blog by a Christian philosophy professor devoted to recent and past theories about the Trinity
• Early Church Fathers on the Holy Trinity
• One God in Three Persons, by Dr. Bill Weinrich
• A Brief Definition of the Trinity, by James White
• Who Is God?
• Understanding The Trinity, by Matt Perman
• The Doctrine of the Trinity
• Articles On The Trinity
• An Unpublished Essay on the Trinity, by Jonathan Edwards
• The Splendor of the Three-in-One God: The Necessity and Mystery of the Trinity, by R.S. Clark
• The Bible's Teaching About The Trinity, by James Montgomery Boice
• God in Three Persons, Blessed Trinity, by Michael Horton
• The Being of God, The Character of God, The Trinity, by Paul D. Adams
• Trinitarian Analogies, by John Frame
• Revived to Trinitarianism: The Need for Evangelicals to Believe In and Live On God (PDF), by Jim Hamilton
• The Trinity Doctrine Heaven Net

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