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.

Christian catechism → teachesAbout → Trinity ⓘ

Roman Catholicism → teachesDoctrine → Trinity ⓘ

Introduction to Christianity → topic → Trinity ⓘ

Eastern Orthodox Christianity → worships → Trinity ⓘ

this entity surface form: Holy Trinity

Christianity → worshipsDeity → Trinity ⓘ

this entity surface form: God the Father

Christianity → worshipsDeity → Trinity ⓘ

this entity surface form: God the Holy Spirit

John Gill → wroteAbout → Trinity ⓘ

Origen → wroteAbout → Trinity ⓘ

St. Augustine → wroteAbout → Trinity ⓘ

this entity surface form: the Trinity