Holy Trinity

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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.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Holy Trinity canonical 86
Most Holy Trinity 2
Blessed Trinity 1

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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

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

Balsham parishChurchDedication Holy Trinity
Haddenham parishChurchDedication Holy Trinity
White Trinity Church dedicatedTo Holy Trinity
Holy Trinity Church dedicatedTo Holy Trinity
subject surface form: Holy Trinity Church, Colchester
Pentney Priory dedicatedTo Holy Trinity
Troitsky Bridge namedAfter Holy Trinity
Trinity Episcopal Church namedAfter Holy Trinity
subject surface form: Trinity Episcopal Church (Upper Marlboro, Maryland)
Blythburgh dedicatedTo Holy Trinity
subject surface form: Holy Trinity Church, Blythburgh
Coronation of the Virgin by Diego Velázquez depicts Holy Trinity
subject surface form: Coronation of the Virgin
Ipatiev Monastery hasDedication Holy Trinity
Trinitatis Complex dedicatedTo Holy Trinity
Trinitatis Church dedicatedTo Holy Trinity
Graben Pestsäule dedicatedTo Holy Trinity
Graben Pestsäule hasDepiction Holy Trinity
Trinity Chapel dedicatedTo Holy Trinity
Abbey of Fécamp dedicatedTo Holy Trinity
Trinity Cathedral dedicatedTo Holy Trinity
Elgin Cathedral dedicatedTo Holy Trinity