trinity concept

[maksutimah]

does anybody here can describe what is trinity concept in christian doctrine?
is it the same as trimurthy in hinduism? Is that christian belief in 3 Gods?
please i really intrigued to know

[brucegdc]

Originally Posted by maksutimah

does anybody here can describe what is trinity concept in christian doctrine?
is it the same as trimurthy in hinduism? Is that christian belief in 3 Gods?
please i really intrigued to know

Welcome to CR, Maksutimah!

There's a pretty involved discussion of this over in the Christianity forum at Understanding the Trinity
It didn't converge on a single answer, but you'll at least get a number of different Christian points of view :-)

[stevemb88]

Hey, im not to savy on my Hinduism, but in Christianity the three entities are One. The three are the Father, who is the creator of all things, the Son, the Fathers only son who came down (through the virgin birth from Mary) to save the human race, and finally the Holy Spirit, this entity is believed to be inside of you when you accept Christianity and helps you comunticate with God as a whole. It is a very confusing concept at first. But there are not three gods just one God made up from three different entities. Hope this helped!

[Awaiting_the_fifth]

A man can be a worker, a father and a lover and still be only one man.

[Quahom1]

Originally Posted by Awaiting_the_fifth

A man can be a worker, a father and a lover and still be only one man.

But physically only one at a time, though in thought, all three at once.

That is unless one is trying to fix the bathroom sink when the wife get amorous, and the kid walks in on the whole thing...(oy, I hate when that happens).

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[Curios Mike]

1 John 5:7-13
7 For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. 8 And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one. 9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is the witness of God which He has testified of His Son. 10 He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has given of His Son. 11 And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 12 He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. 13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.
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[Quahom1]

Originally Posted by Curios Mike

1 John 5:7-13
7 For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. 8 And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one. 9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is the witness of God which He has testified of His Son. 10 He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has given of His Son. 11 And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 12 He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. 13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.
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Welcome to CR Mike,

I knew it was somewhere, I just could not remember which Gospel spelled it out specfically. Thanks!

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[Curios Mike]

your welcome, and 1st john is actually a general epistle.

[Quahom1]

Originally Posted by Curios Mike

your welcome, and 1st john is actually a general epistle.

Right, you did say 1 John.

[queenofsheba]

The concept of the trinity is a theological answer to the following question: "How can you call Christ divine and still consider christianity a monotheistic religion?" In the first centuries AD, there were a lot of different answers to this. Some saw Christ as a prophet only, others said that he was God. After several councils, including Nicea and Chalcedon, the church developed the official viewpoint on the trinity: God, Christ and the Holy Spirit were three-in-one. People who didn't agree were considered heretics (e.g.: Arianism, Nestorianism and Monophysitism).

[Quahom1]

Originally Posted by queenofsheba

The concept of the trinity is a theological answer to the following question: "How can you call Christ divine and still consider christianity a monotheistic religion?" In the first centuries AD, there were a lot of different answers to this. Some saw Christ as a prophet only, others said that he was God. After several councils, including Nicea and Chalcedon, the church developed the official viewpoint on the trinity: God, Christ and the Holy Spirit were three-in-one. People who didn't agree were considered heretics (e.g.: Arianism, Nestorianism and Monophysitism).

The Trinity concept was established within the first one hundred years of the NT by John, and within the OT in the first Chapter of Genesis...

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[Jaiket]

Did Jesus ever speak of a trinity of holy bits?

[Quahom1]

Originally Posted by Jaiket

Did Jesus ever speak of a trinity of holy bits?

You asking me? I say yes. Right before the ascention. He said He goes to the Father, but before the Holy Spirit (comforter) could come, He must leave, but that He would return. One of the few times that the three in one was expressed directly by Jesus. My take mind you. Others may disagree.

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[InLove]

Hi, Peace to All--

My take, also--

InPeace,
InLove

[pohaikawahine]

My view of the trinity is related to what I call the ancient path of knowledge or wisdom and the process to run the energy of light through the human body. I believe that all ancient religions are connected in a message about how this process takes place. The trinity is related to the three hemispheres of the brain that must bridge in order to reach the place of revelations or visions. These three hemispheres are the right and left and the repitilian brain (the brain stem). The human head is also the "top of the mountain" and it is here that the three must become One in order to pass over or cross over into the world of spirit (or revelations) .... this is the process of being re-born, dying to an old way of thinking (with only a small portion of our brains) and being reborn to a new way of thinking. In all that I have read, I see the same refernces to the "trinity" and the symbols always tell me that it is related to the ancient line of knowledge. Others may disagree or agree with this perspecive, but thought I would share it as I understand it. he hawai'i au, pohaikawahine p.s.. there is another discussion going on on the "pig" which is somewhat related .... the human head (the top of the mountain) is the place that houses the holy of holies, the holy grail, the ark .... as a symbol when the mountain is seen from a distance it is generally the shape of the head of a boar. The pig is usually only a symbol of this ancient path, in my view.