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Bible Note: Hi, Bows44... The history of the Nicene Creed, as brother Steve makes reference, can be quite helpful in understanding the doctrine of the Trinity. Personally, I've found the following simple expression to be helpful: "Three Whos and one What." I doubt we can explain the mechanics or metaphysics of the Trinity, but we can affirm clearly what the Scripture reveals. You might also find the following interesting. Sometimes the Providential journey of non-Trinitarian cultists into orthodox theology can reveal things that might otherwise be overlooked. That is the basis of the following: http://www.onlinetrinity.com/TRIUNE/triune0.html Here is also a handy chart comparing the major heresies faced by the church over time. Many of them are still extant! http://www.aplacefortruth.org/doctrinal2.htm In Him, Doc "There are three persons within the Godhead; the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost; and these three are one God, the same in substance. equal in power and glory." --Westminster Shorter Catechism "God eternally exists as three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and each person is fully God, and there is one God." --Wayne Grudem "God remains hidden to all philosophical speculation; he is above all mathematical logic and beyond all biological analogies. The reformers were adamant that we cannot rightly know God except as he meets us in his Word... Christ himself." --Korey D. Maas Some important terms, by John Hendryx: Perichoresis: All three persons of the Trinity mutually share in the life of the others, so that none is isolated or detached from the actions of the others. Homoousion: A Greek term, literally meaning "of the same substance," which came to be used extensively during the fourth century to designate the mainstream Christological belief that Jesus Christ was "of the same substance as God." The term was polemical, being directed against the Arian view that Christ was "of similar substance" (homoiousion) to God. To say that A is homoousios with B is to say that A is of an identical substance with B. Economic Trinity: When we describe the acts of the triune God with respect to the creation, history, salvation, our daily lives, etc, we describe the Economic Trinity. Refers to how the Trinity operates within redemptive history as we think of the roles or functions performed by each of the persons of the Trinity. The Ontological Trinity: speaks of the essence (John 1:1-2), nature or attributes of the Trinity. Or more simply - the ontological Trinity (who God is) and the economic Trinity (what God does). The economic reflects and reveals the ontological. |