The Trinity: Religious Studies AQA: GCSE (9:1)

The Trinity

The three persons in one god: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

God the Father

Creator of life, acts as a good father to his children. He is omnipotent, omnibenevolent, omniscient and omnipresent.

God the Son

Incarnate through Jesus. He was fully human on earth whilst being fully God at all times.

God the Holy Spirit

The unseen power of God at work in the world.

Equilateral Triangle

The simplest and most common symbol of the Trinity. Each side represents one of the Persons of the Trinity.

Shamrock

Symbol of the Trinity used by St Patrick when teaching the Christian faith in Ireland.

Borromean Rings

Symbol of the Trinity from mathematics. When together, they support each other and are inseparable. When one is removed, they fall apart. A symbol of strength and unity and the unending, eternal love of God.

Triskelion

Celtic spiral symbol used by Christians to represent the Trinity.

Monotheism

Belief in one God.

Tritheism

The belief that there are three gods. Some believe Christianity is an example of tritheism because of the Holy Trinity.

Omnipotent

All-powerful.

Omniscient

All-knowing.

Omnibenevolent

All good & all loving.

Omnipresent

Present in all places at all times.