RE: Good and Evil - the trinity and the incarnation

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  • the trinity
    • God the father, God the son and God the Holy Spirit
    • shown in the Nicene Creed
      • consubstantial with the father
      • Council of Nicea - 325AD
    • present at Jesus' baptism
      • Father in heaven
      • Jesus being baptised
      • the dove as the Holy Spirit
    • St Augustine in De Trinitate
      • three things are needed for love:
        • the Father - the lover
        • the Son - the beloved
        • the Holy Spirit - love itself
    • Jews do not believe in the trinity but do acknowledge the different aspects of God
      • creator
      • judge
      • law-giver
      • one
  • the incarnation
    • God was made flesh
    • the Catechism states that Jesus was both fully God and fully man
      • Christian art symbolises Jesus as wearing blue and red to show his two natures
    • Jesus is also the word - as said in John's gospel
      • In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God
        • and the word was made flesh
    • the kenosis hymn
      • means 'emptying'
      • Paul's letter to the Philippians
      • Jesus empties himself of his divine nature and his equality with God
      • Jesus became lower than his fellow man
      • the inconsistent triad
        • Jesus knows our suffering
        • St Paul says Jesus' suffering is an example (imitatio Christi)

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