School of Ministry

Theology

The study of God

Christianity teaches monotheism (There is only one God)

True

The doctrine of the Trinity teaches there are 3 separate Gods

False

The Son (Jesus) is fully divine and fully human according to historic Christology (Theology of Christ)

True

The persons of the Trinity are co-equal and co-eternal

True

The Father, Son & Holy Spirit share one divine nature

True

The word “Trinity” is found in Scripture

False

The 3 persons of the Trinity have different roles without implying inequality

True

Which best describes the Trinity’s relation to salvation

Central (Father plans, Son redeems, Spirit applies)

The Trinity is a reasonable mystery. It is revealed truth beyond full human comprehension

True

Jesus prayed to the father, showing interpersonal relations within the Trinity

True

There is no evidence of the Trinity until the New Testament

False

The Trinity is central to Christian baptismal formulas (“in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit”)

True

The Trinity implies that love is intrinsic to God’s being

True

Deism teaches that there is no God

False

Which phrase best captures orthodox Trinitarian teaching

One God, three persons

Which heresy claims there is one God who appears on three different modes?

Modalism

Which heresy claims that each member of the Trinity is only 1/3 divine rather than fully God?

Partialism

Which heresy claims that Jesus was the first and highest created being?

Arianism

Which Council was important in defining Trinitarian doctrine?

Nicaea