Holy Trinity

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Christian doctrine doctrine of God theological concept

The Holy Trinity is the central Christian doctrine that God exists as three distinct, co-equal persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—in one divine essence.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Most Holy Trinity 2
Blessed Trinity 1
Holy and Undivided Trinity 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian doctrine ⓘ
doctrine of God ⓘ
theological concept ⓘ
affirmedByCouncil First Council of Constantinople ⓘ
First Council of Nicaea ⓘ
affirms co-equality of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit ⓘ
co-eternity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit ⓘ
consubstantiality of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Holy Trinity ⓘ
surface form: Blessed Trinity

Holy Trinity ⓘ
surface form: Most Holy Trinity

Trinity ⓘ
centralTo Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholicism

Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ
Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
mainstream Christianity ⓘ
most Protestant traditions ⓘ
coreClaim God is one in essence and three in persons ⓘ
deniedBy JehovahsWitnesses ⓘ
surface form: Jehovah's Witnesses

Latter-day Saint theology (in its classical Trinitarian sense) ⓘ
Pentecostal churches ⓘ
surface form: Oneness Pentecostals

nontrinitarian Christians ⓘ
developedThrough Christological controversies ⓘ
distinguishes persons of the Godhead ⓘ
feastDayIn Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
feastName Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity ⓘ
surface form: Trinity Sunday
formulatedIn early Christian church ⓘ
hasPart the Father ⓘ
surface form: God the Father

God the Holy Spirit ⓘ
Jesus Christ ⓘ
surface form: God the Son
keyTerm homoousios ⓘ
liturgicalEmphasisIn baptismal formulas ⓘ
doxologies ⓘ
numberOfPersons 3 ⓘ
opposes Arianism ⓘ
Sabellianism ⓘ
tritheism ⓘ
philosophicalIssue divine simplicity ⓘ
problem of the one and the many ⓘ
relatedCreed Athanasian Creed ⓘ
Nicene Creed ⓘ
Nicene Creed ⓘ
surface form: Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed
religion Christianity ⓘ
scripturalBasis New Testament ⓘ
studiedIn dogmatic theology ⓘ
systematic theology ⓘ
teaches the Father is fully God ⓘ
the Holy Spirit is fully God ⓘ
the Son is fully God ⓘ
there is one God ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Paschal Stichera → addressedTo → Holy Trinity ⓘ
Holy Trinity → alsoKnownAs → Holy Trinity ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blessed Trinity
Holy Trinity → alsoKnownAs → Holy Trinity ⓘ
this entity surface form: Most Holy Trinity
Tria juncta in uno → associatedWith → Holy Trinity ⓘ
Spirit of Christ → consideredPersonOf → Holy Trinity ⓘ
Holy Trinity Monastery → dedicatedTo → Holy Trinity ⓘ
this entity surface form: Most Holy Trinity
Holy Baptism → invokes → Holy Trinity ⓘ
Eye of Providence → isLinkedToConcept → Holy Trinity ⓘ
El Greco → notableWork → Holy Trinity ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Holy Trinity
the Father → partOf → Holy Trinity ⓘ
subject surface form: God the Father
God the Holy Spirit → partOf → Holy Trinity ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holy and Undivided Trinity