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Doctrine of Trinity
Abstract
The Christian Trinity doctrine asserts that whilst God is one, He persists in three individuals: the unspecified God, the creator as well as a source of every existence. Jesus Christ, who divulged the Father; and also the Holy Spirit, the rapport of love among Son and Father, who is ever at work morphing the globe as per God's plan. The term Trinity does not occur as a theological phrase until the late second century. It was coined by Theophilus who was Bishop of Antioch, around 180 AD as 'Trias,' and subsequently as Trinitas to denote that God lives in three people. The theory has been fiercely challenged and vigorously defended over the years.
Scholars attempt to insist that the doctrine of the Trinity has no scriptural foundation. Following its formation and imperial implementation around the end of the 4th century, this kind of Christian theology prevailed almost unopposed. The focus of this paper is not only to obtain the correct perspective and viewpoint on the Doctrine of Trinity but also to discover what incorrect perspectives are and the reason they are erroneous. This will greatly assist humans in adhering to the sound truth of the Scriptures.
Introduction
The Trinity doctrine is central to the Christian faith. It is critical for correctly comprehending what God is much like, the way he interacts with humans, and the way humans should interact with him. However, it presents a range of difficult questions. In what way can God be three and one at the same time? Is the Doctrine of Trinity incompatible? What is the reason that the Gospels mention instances of Jesus praying to God when he is God? Whilst humans cannot fully comprehend the Trinity, humans may answer questions such as these and gain a strong understanding of the meaning for God to still be three in just one.1 The Trinity's social doctrine has the potential to transcend both monotheistic in the notion of individualism and God in the conception of man and to establish personalist socialism and social personalism. That is significant in light of the divided society wherein humans live and perceive. When humans repeat the Trinitarian formula, they mean three individuals, one commune of cooperation in unique oneness. The Biblical God is both transcendent and immanent. He is transcendental first and foremost, and immanent secondly and tangentially. Every religion has an enigma, and the Christian phrase for God's secret is Trinity.2
1 Joseph Diwakar, “Fred Sanders, Fountain of Salvation: Trinity and Soteriology,” Theology 125, no. 3 (May 2022): 219–20, https://doi.org/10.1177/0040571x221097552f.
2 Robert Farrugia, “Phenomenology of Interior Life and the Trinity,” Forum Philosophicum 25, no. 1 (June 25, 2020): 71–88, https://doi.org/10.35765/forphil.2020.2501.5.
Three Individuals, One God
The Trinity doctrine states that there is a single God who remains perpetually as three separate Individuals – the Son, Holy Spirit, and Father. To put it another way, God is single in essence while three in persona. These definitions reflect three fundamental facts: the Son, Holy Spirit, and Father are different Persons; every Person is completely God; as well as there is just one God. The individuals of the Son, Holy Spirit, and Father are separate.3 The Bible refers to God as a Father, the Holy Spirit as a God, and Jesus as a God. Are they merely three different viewpoints on God, or are they simply references to three multiple positions that God plays? Since the Bible also says that the Son, Holy Spirit, and Father are separate Individuals, the response has to be no. For instance, the Father can never be the same individual as the Son because he offered the Son into the earth. Similarly, when the Son went to the Father, both the Son and the Father has given the Holy Spirit into the earth. Thus the Holy Spirit must be distinguished from the Son and the Father.4
Although God is Jesus, he is never the Holy Spirit or the Father. Although God is the Holy Spirit, he is never the Father or Son. They are distinct individuals, not three distinct perspectives on God. Since every Trinity member is a separate Person, every Person has a different centre of awareness. As a result, they have a personal relationship with one another: the Father refers to himself as "I," whereas the Holy Spirit and Son are referred to as "you."5
3 Eugene Fortein, “Perichoretic Interaction within the Trinity as a Paradigm for Fostering Unity in the Public Affairs Committee (PAC) in Malawi,” STJ | Stellenbosch Theological Journal 4, no. 2 (December 31, 2018), https://doi.org/10.17570/stj.2018.v4n2.a25.
4 Harriet Erica Baber, The Trinity : A Philosophical Investigation (London, Uk: Scm Press, An Imprint Of Hymns Ancient & Modern Ltd, 2019).
5 WILLIAM HASKER, “Constituting the Trinity,” Religious Studies, November 14, 2019, 1–9, https://doi.org/10.1017/s003441251900057x.
Similarly, the Son refers to himself as "I," however, the Holy Spirit and Father as "you." "If God is Jesus, then he should have bowed to himself whilst on the planet," it is frequently said. However, the solution to this argument is as simple as applying what humans have just observed. While both the Father and Jesus are God, they are distinct Persons.6 As a result, Jesus worshiped the Father God rather than himself. In reality, the ongoing interaction between the Son and Father is the greatest proof that they are separate Individuals with distinct centres of consciousness. The Personhood of the Son and Father is sometimes praised, while the Humanity of the Holy Spirit is often overlooked. The Soul is sometimes viewed more as a "power" than a Human. However, the Holy Spirit is a "him" rather than an "it." The reality that the Holy Spirit reasons, speaks, understands and thinks, feels, wills, and grants intimate fellowship demonstrates that he is a Human, never an impersonal force (as gravity). All these are characteristics of a person.7
These verses, together with the others stated above, demonstrate that the Belonging of the Holy Spirit is separate from the Personal autonomy of the Father and Son. They are three genuine people, not three different parts that God performs. Another major misunderstanding is that the Father had become the Son, who subsequently has become the Holy Spirit. In contrast, the scriptures humans have examined suggest that God has always been and will always be three individuals. There has never been a moment when one of the Godhead's Persons didn't even exist. They are all immortal.8
6 Anné H. Verhoef, “Decolonising the Concept of the Trinity to Decolonise the Religious Education Curriculum,” HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies 77, no. 4 (February 9, 2021), https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v77i4.6313.
7 Mourad Takawi, “The Trinity in Qur’anic Idiom: Q 4.171 and the Christian Arabic Presentation of the Trinity as God, His Word, and His Spirit,” Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations 30, no. 4 (October 2, 2019): 435–57, https://doi.org/10.1080/09596410.2019.1690828.
8 Fred Sanders, “Holy Scripture under the Auspices of the Holy Trinity: On John Webster’s Trinitarian Doctrine of Scripture,” International Journal of Systematic Theology 21, no. 1 (January 2019): 4–23, https://doi.org/10.1111/ijst.12358.
While Trinity's three components are unique, this does not imply that one is superior to the others. However, they all have the same characteristics. They are equivalent in all ways, including love, power, justice, mercy, wisdom, holiness, and all other attributes. Each one is God. Does the fact that God is three Individuals imply that each One is "one-third" of Him? Is God split into three pieces because of the Trinity? The Trinity doctrine does not split God into distinct three pieces. The Bible makes it quite plain that every three Persons are one hundred percent of God. Each of the Son, Holy Spirit, and Father is fully God.9
The divine nature is not split among the three individuals, but is completely present in every three without even being separated into "pieces." As a result, the Son is never one-third of God's being; he is God's entire being. The Father is never one-third of God's being; he is God's whole being. The same is true with the Holy Spirit. Therefore, when humans talk of the Son, Holy Spirit, and Father together, they are never speaking of any bigger being than whenever humans speak of the Son, Holy Spirit, and Father alone.10
9 Adam Ployd, “Stephen R. Holmes, the Quest for the Trinity: The Doctrine of God in Scripture, History, and...