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| − | The Trinity is the Christian [[doctrine]] describing the triune nature of [[God]], which asserts the following | + | The Trinity is lame. [[God]] is too. |
| − | * There is one and only one God
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| − | * The one God eternally exists in three distinct persons
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| − | * The Father is God, [[Jesus]], the Son is God, and the [[Holy Spirit]] are God
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| − | 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.
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| − | ==='''Scriptural References To The Trinity'''===
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| − | A number of passages in the [[Bible]] refer directly to the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
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| − | * [[Matthew 28:19]] - {{web_verse|Matthew|28|19}}
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| − | * [[2 Corinthians 13:13]] - {{web_verse|2 Corinthians|13|13}}
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| − | * [[Luke 1:35]] - {{web_verse|Luke|1|35}}
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| − | A number of verses also show that Jesus was God.
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| − | * [[John 1:1]] and [[John 1:14]] - {{web_verse|john|1|1}} {{web_verse|john|1|14}}
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| − | * [[John 5:21]] - {{web_verse|john|5|21}}
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| − | * [[John 8]]:23-24 - {{web_verse|john|8|23}} {{web_verse|john|8|24}}
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| − | * [[John 8:58]] - {{web_verse|john|8|58}} ''([[Jesus]] is speaking in reference to when [[God]] told [[Moses]] to tell the Hebrews "I am has sent you" in [[Exodus 3:14]])
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| − | * [[John 10:30]] - {{web_verse|john|10|30}}
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| − | * [[John 10:38]] - {{web_verse|john|10|38}}
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| − | * [[1 John 5:20]] - {{web_verse|1 John|5|20}}
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| − | * [[Titus 2:13]] - {{web_verse|titus|2|13}}
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| − | * [[Colossians 2:9]] - {{web_verse|colossians|2|9}}
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| − | * [[Philippians 2]]:5-6 - {{web_verse|philippians|2|5}} {{web_verse|philippians|2|6}}
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| − | ==Quotes==
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| − | '''[[Justin Martyr]]'''
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| − | : "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]).
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| − | ==Links==
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| − | * [http://trinities.org/blog trinities] A blog by a Christian philosophy professor devoted to recent and past theories about the Trinity
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| − | * [http://www.catholic.com/library/Trinity.asp Early Church Fathers on the Holy Trinity]
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| − | * [http://www.mtio.com/articles/bissar107.htm One God in Three Persons], by Dr. Bill Weinrich
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| − | * [http://www.aomin.org/trinitydef.html A Brief Definition of the Trinity], by James White
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| − | * [http://www.ucg.org/booklets/WG/ Who Is God?]
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| − | * [http://biggergod.com/trinity.html Understanding The Trinity], by Matt Perman
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| − | * [http://www.theologicalstudies.org.uk/god_trinity.html The Doctrine of the Trinity]
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| − | * [http://www.jude3.net/trinitylinkindex.htm Articles On The Trinity]
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| − | * [http://homepage.mac.com/byfarthersteps/Trinity.html An Unpublished Essay on the Trinity], by [[Jonathan Edwards]]
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| − | * [http://web.archive.org/web/20031229035144/www.modernreformation.org/mr99/septoct/mr9905threeinone.html The Splendor of the Three-in-One God: The Necessity and Mystery of the Trinity], by R.S. Clark
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| − | * [http://www.gospelpedlar.com/trinity.html The Bible's Teaching About The Trinity], by James Montgomery Boice
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| − | * [http://www.alliancenet.org/partner/Article_Display_Page/0,,PTID307086|CHID581342|CIID1654148,00.html God in Three Persons], Blessed Trinity, by Michael Horton
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| − | * [http://www.tmch.net/theo4.htm The Being of God, The Character of God, The Trinity], by Paul D. Adams
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| − | * [http://reformedperspectives.org/newfiles/joh_frame/TH.Frame.Trinitarian_Analogies.html Trinitarian Analogies], by [[John Frame]]
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| − | * [http://home.earthlink.net/~calltoreformation/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/revivedtotrinitarianism.pdf Revived to Trinitarianism: The Need for Evangelicals to Believe In and Live On God] (PDF), by Jim Hamilton
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| − | * [http://www.heaven.net.nz/writings/trinity.htm The Trinity Doctrine] Heaven Net
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