Eduqas alevel rs theme 2b trinity

what is the doctrine of the trinity

the centerpiece of Christian belief and theology, by definition the Christian God is a triune God, three Persons- God the Father, Jesus the Son, and the Holy Spirit

how is the doctrine referenced

it os often referenced in the father son and the Holy Spirit which is a common blessing in christiniaty

quotes to support the existence of the trinity

- let us make humankind in our image genesis

- in the beginning was word and the word was with God and the word was God John 1

- I and the Father are one John 10:30

- the son is the image of the invisible God, the first born over all creation Collisions 1:15

- all authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me

what is the trinity

the idea that God is one but in three persons that all co exist and a re coequal at the same time. the church states that the doctrine of the trinity os s mystery and is indescribable and highlights how we can never understand it.

what are the heresies surrounding the trinity

1. Adoptism - jesu was an ordinary man who became the son of God through his baptism

2. sabellianism - Jesus was divine but had no human form

3. Arianism - Jesus was the highest created being but wa snot God. God is impassimabe and the incarnation is not possible. Jesus was subordinate to God

4. modalism - not distinct forms but three modes of existence

5. Tritheism - three separate gods

What is Heresies?

misunderstandings or false statements made about the Church or beliefs

What is the Filioque controversy?

controversy in the Church questioning if the Holy Spirit proceeded from the Father OR from the Father and the Son. Pope Benedict VIIIII, he added that ' we believed in the Holy Spirit, the lord the giver of life who proceeds from the father and the son. this added controversy as it was not agreed across all denominations which lead to the west east split of the churches. Iy shifts the hierarchic and power within the trinity leading to the great schism

what is the immanent Trinity

signifies what Gos is. Three persons but one God

what is economic trinity

signifies what God does, father creates, son redeems and the holy spirit sacrifices

how do we know the trinity

we know the immanent trinity through the economic trinity

who is Karl Barth

He was one of the most notable Christian theologians who published "Epistle to the Romans," in which attacked the liberal Christian theology (belief that human improvement as the realization of God's purpose).

what was Barths anbaology

two men are walking through Jerusalem and see a man being executed the second ,an says that the son of God is dying from. To this man the holy sporit has imparted the recognition on the man to help him understand the revelation

what is seinweise

mode of being - move away from persons to not make God like human it is more theologian

what is logos asarkos

word without flesh (Jesus before incarnate and eternal world he existed before he was born)

what are monotheistic claims of the trinity

yes monotheistic:

- a human can be three people at once e.g parent sister daughter

- this divine nature and beyond our understanding

- we immanent trinity through the economic trinity

- traces of the trinity on the human should self knowledge, memory and understanding traid

- anaonymous welsh theologian suggested it is like the letter A, three parts but makes one letter

- the Bible references as God as love and love can only be demonstrated in a relationship - see this love in an relationship

NO not monotheistic

- other religions do not see the trinity and only see one God in one form

- jesusis the son you cannot logically be your own son and father

- many points contradict Gods immutability here he cannot change but changes forms and roles

- 'for father is greater than I' this is not co equal

- Filioque clause show start the holy spirtit comes from the father and the son not just the father

what is the council of Nicea

the first council church that was intended to address the entire body of believers (created the nicene creed) they believe in one God, Jesus came for salvation, suffered and on the third day rose again, and the holy spirit

what is the first council of Constantinople

updated version of the Nicene creed where they add the Filioque clause in and acknowledge all sorts of the trinity and their roles

the word became flesh and dwelt among us

John 1:14

what are some problems whit Barths ideas

- problems merging the immanent trinity and the economic trinity because of the differences with east and west

- Barths theory suggests that all of the persons of the trinity do not co exist which challanges the core belief of the Trinity was then they would become separate Gods

- the basic premise of the trinity does not make sense how ca all three be one

- uses seinweise to avoid confusion b tween the word person and the personality to say God has three personalities is a Hersey known as trithesim, he understands that there are three persons but one personality