Trinity

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Christian doctrine doctrine of God theological concept

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

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Observed surface forms (13)

Surface form	Occurrences
God the Father	2
Holy Trinity	2
Holy and Undivided Trinity	2
Christian Holy Trinity	1
God the Holy Spirit	1
The Trinity	1
Trinitarianism	1
Trinitas	1
Trinitas in Unitate	1
Trinity (Holy Trinity)	1
immanent Trinity	1
term "Trinity" is not found in the Bible but developed in early church theology	1
the Trinity	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian doctrine ⓘ doctrine of God ⓘ theological concept ⓘ
affirmedBy	Anglican Communion ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Lutheranism ⓘ surface form: Lutheran churches Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches Reformed churches ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church most evangelical churches ⓘ
articulatedIn	Athanasian Creed ⓘ Nicene Creed ⓘ Nicene Creed ⓘ surface form: Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed
contrastedWith	Arianism ⓘ Modalism ⓘ Tritheism ⓘ Unitarianism ⓘ
coreClaim	God is one in essence and three in persons ⓘ
deniedBy	nontrinitarian Christian groups ⓘ
developedAt	First Council of Constantinople ⓘ First Council of Nicaea ⓘ
economicAspect	economic Trinity ⓘ
emphasizes	co-equality of persons ⓘ co-eternity of persons ⓘ distinction of persons ⓘ unity of God ⓘ
etymology	from Latin "Trinitas" meaning "triad" or "threefold" ⓘ
hasPerson	God ⓘ surface form: God the Father God the Holy Spirit ⓘ Jesus Christ ⓘ surface form: God the Son the Father ⓘ God the Holy Spirit ⓘ surface form: the Holy Spirit Jesus Christ ⓘ surface form: the Son
keyFormula	one essence in three persons ⓘ
keyTerm	hypostasis ⓘ ousia ⓘ
language	Trinity self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: term "Trinity" is not found in the Bible but developed in early church theology
mysteryStatus	considered a divine mystery in Christian theology ⓘ
numberOfPersons	3 ⓘ
ontologicalAspect	Trinity self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: immanent Trinity
regardedAs	central doctrine of mainstream Christianity ⓘ
relatedDoctrine	Christology ⓘ Monotheism ⓘ Pneumatology ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
scripturalBasisClaimedIn	Gospel of John ⓘ Great Commission ⓘ surface form: Great Commission in Matthew 28:19 New Testament ⓘ
worshipImplication	each divine person is to be worshiped as God ⓘ

Referenced by (59)

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

Summa contra Gentiles → addressesDoctrine → Trinity ⓘ

Arminianism → affirms → Trinity ⓘ

Nicene Christianity → affirmsDoctrine → Trinity ⓘ

Second Helvetic Confession → affirmsDoctrine → Trinity ⓘ

Thirty-Nine Articles → affirmsDoctrine → Trinity ⓘ

Holy Trinity → alsoKnownAs → Trinity ⓘ

Lord → associatedWith → Trinity ⓘ

Trisagion Hymn → associatedWithDoctrine → Trinity ⓘ

Word of God → associatedWithDoctrine → Trinity ⓘ

United Methodist Church → believesIn → Trinity ⓘ

Ely → cathedralDedicatedTo → Trinity ⓘ

this entity surface form: Holy and Undivided Trinity

Christian iconography → centralTheme → Trinity ⓘ

Scholastic theology → centralTheme → Trinity ⓘ

Jesus Christ → claimedFather → Trinity ⓘ

this entity surface form: God the Father

Tertullian → coinedTerm → Trinity ⓘ

this entity surface form: Trinitas

Christology → concernsDoctrine → Trinity ⓘ

Modalism → contrastsWith → Trinity ⓘ

this entity surface form: Trinitarianism

Pentecostal churches → coreBelief → Trinity ⓘ

Unitas Fratrum → coreBelief → Trinity ⓘ

Eastern Orthodox Christianity → coreDoctrine → Trinity ⓘ

Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge → dedicatedTo → Trinity ⓘ

this entity surface form: Holy and Undivided Trinity

Nicene Creed → definesDoctrine → Trinity ⓘ

Church of the Nazarene (USA) → doctrine → Trinity ⓘ

Evangelical Presbyterian Church → doctrine → Trinity ⓘ

Presbyterian Church (USA) → doctrine → Trinity ⓘ

Presbyterian Church in America → doctrine → Trinity ⓘ

Of Communion with God → doctrineEmphasized → Trinity ⓘ

Western Christianity → emphasizesDoctrine → Trinity ⓘ

Protestant Christianity → hasCoreBelief → Trinity ⓘ

Christianity → hasImportantDoctrine → Trinity ⓘ

Christian theology → hasKeyConcept → Trinity ⓘ

Eastern Christianity → hasTheologicalEmphasis → Trinity ⓘ

Trinity → language → Trinity self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: term "Trinity" is not found in the Bible but developed in early church theology

De Spiritu Sancto → mainTopic → Trinity ⓘ

De fide → mainTopic → Trinity ⓘ

Trinitarian controversies of the 4th century → mainTopic → Trinity ⓘ

Jesus Christ → memberOf → Trinity ⓘ

this entity surface form: Holy Trinity

Trinity House → motto → Trinity ⓘ

this entity surface form: Trinitas in Unitate

Trinity River → namedAfter → Trinity ⓘ

this entity surface form: Christian Holy Trinity

Troitskaya Tower → namedAfter → Trinity ⓘ

this entity surface form: Trinity (Holy Trinity)

Karl Rahner → notableWork → Trinity ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Trinity

Trinity → ontologicalAspect → Trinity self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: immanent Trinity

JehovahsWitnesses → rejectsDoctrine → Trinity ⓘ

subject surface form: Jehovah's Witnesses

Unitarianism → rejectsDoctrine → Trinity ⓘ

Incarnation of Christ → relatedConcept → Trinity ⓘ

Spirit of Christ → relatedToDoctrine → Trinity ⓘ

Anaphora of Saint Cyril (Coptic form) → subject → Trinity ⓘ

Commentary on the Sentences → subject → Trinity ⓘ

Four Orations Against the Arians → subject → Trinity ⓘ

Evangelical churches → teach → Trinity ⓘ