God 3 - trinity
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- Created on: 20-02-17 18:17
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- God - the Trinity
- Wasn't always believed - developed due to changing ideas + developments in monotheism
- Not accepted by all, as is 'perceived' within NT writings
- Matthew 28:19 'go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit'
- 2 Corinthians 13:14 'The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all'
- Early Church understood they were experiencing God incarnate in Jesus
- John 10:30 'I and the Father are one'
- God's presence/action as the Holy Spirit
- Matthew 1:20 'Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit'
- Doctrine developed after centuries of confusion etc. in understanding the three persons
- Father, Son and Spirit are 1 God in 3 persons
- Each person is fully God, possessing each of the divine characteristics (Omni etc)
- Each differs from the others only in terms of their inner relations - that they are not the other
- God exists as 1 substance in 3 persons - Hypostases
- All 3 are eternal + uncreated
- Not accepted by all, as is 'perceived' within NT writings
- Each person is fully and completely God (share the godhead), yet each is unique
- Perichoresis describes the relation between 3 persons of Godhead = 'mutual indwelling'
- John's Gospel = perichoretic understanding of God's glory Jesus says 'Father, the hour has come; glorify thy Son that the Son may glorify thee'
- Perichoresis describes the relation between 3 persons of Godhead = 'mutual indwelling'
- Importance
- 1. Brings together the mains historical + doctrinal truths of Christianity regarding sin, atonement + redemption
- God sent the Son as atonement
- the Son is fully human - able to make that atonement through death + resurrection
- Holy Spirit = new birth in Jesus, Christians hope of eternal life
- the Son is fully human - able to make that atonement through death + resurrection
- the Son is fully human - able to make that atonement through death + resurrection
- Holy Spirit = new birth in Jesus, Christians hope of eternal life
- God sent the Son as atonement
- 2. Possible for personal relationship with God
- Godhead = transcendent + unknowable, whereas the Father is a 'personal creator' to be known and loved by creation
- Son = immanent as a human person
- Holy Spirit = indwelling in human spirit + transforms life (joy etc)
- 3.A model of personhood
- God is love, relationship between Father, Son + Holy Spirit = love
- Humans in image of God = personal relationships modelled on Trinitarian Love = immense value
- Jurgen Moltmann = emphasis on 3 persons existing in community of self-giving and receiving love
- God is love, relationship between Father, Son + Holy Spirit = love
- 1. Brings together the mains historical + doctrinal truths of Christianity regarding sin, atonement + redemption
- Wasn't always believed - developed due to changing ideas + developments in monotheism
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