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TheHoly Trinity: Father, Son, & Holy Spirit
Slide2Father Keith Mathur fr.mathur@stmchurchallentown.org 610-433-7413 x40Mr. Kevin Damitz kevin@stmchurchallentown.org 610-437-3491
Useful Information
Slide3Slide4What is the essence of God?
Essence: what makes a “thing” what it is.
So what is the essence of God?
LOVE
Slide51 JOHN 4:16
“
God is love
, and he who abides in love abides in Him.”
Slide6LOVE
EROS
Completely selfish
Self-gratifying
Narcissistic
English word
erotic
PHILIA
Brotherly love
English words
filial, Philadelphia
AGAPE
Love spoke of in the NT
Love that completely gives of itself for the sake of the other
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Q U E S T I O N S
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Slide8Love
God is the same way
God is infinite, so He infinitely gives and infinitely receives love.
Slide9Basic Tenets of Revealed Truth about God
1 God, not 3
Sign of the Cross
3 Persons
Father
Son
Holy Spirit
Through their own will established a hierarchy of equality
Does not relegate greatness or power – but helps us understand how the Trinity works within itself – still a mystery folks!
Slide10God the FATHER
Source of the TrinityDon’t let language confuse youSource does not mean the Son & the Holy Spirit are lesser than the Father
Slide11God the SON
Not created, but begotten
In fact eternally and infinitely begotten
Slide12God the HOLY SPIRIT
Not created, nor begotten
He is SPIRATED
Slide13Genesis 1:26
“Then
God
said, "Let
us
make man in
our
image, after
our
likeness.”
- New American Bible
Slide14Attribution
Father –
Creator
–
creates and makes all things possible.
Son –
Redeemer
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saves humanity from their sins by becoming human.
Spirit –
Sanctifier
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continually makes things holy as a gift sent from the Father and the Son.
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Slide16Transcendence
God is transcendent and beyond all of creation – so all ideas and speech about God is going to somehow be lacking in a fully explaining who God is.
Slide17Father Revealed by the Son
God is Father in as much as he is the Creator of the world
God is Father because of the covenant he made with Israel to send his 1
st
born Son
Father is the first origin of everything
Father shows his goodness and loving care for his children
Jesus Himself reveals God as the Father and as Creator
Eternally God is Father by his relationship with His only Son
AD 325- Council of Nicaea- Son is consubstantial with the Father
Slide18Father & Son Revealed by the Spirit
Jesus promises to send the Spirit
The sending of the Spirit is after Jesus’ glorification
Holy Spirit is not the “spirit” of the Father
Spirit least understood of the Trinity: marked difference in the Eastern & Western Church (both Catholic & Orthodox)
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Slide20How Do We Understand the Trinity
Slide21How Do We Understand the Trinity
Slide22How Do We Understand the Trinity
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Slide24Dogma of the Trinity
In the 1 Divine Nature (when we say nature, philosophically it means the essence of being – so there is 1 Divine Nature consisting of 3 Divine Persons: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit).
No one of the 3 Divine Persons is either of the other Divine Persons – but rather each Person of Trinity is wholly Himself.
The Father is the 1 true God, the Son is the 1 true God, and the Holy Spirit is the 1 True God.
There are not 3 Gods, but 1 God.
Slide25The Importance of Words in Theology and Philosophy
Possessive Statements
Very important for natures
Who vs. What
What = nature (1 God)
Who = person (3 Persons)
Nature decides what I can do
Person describes who we are
If you were to ask God:
Q: What are you? A: God would respond together, “GOD!”
Q: Who are you? A: They would each respond “Father, “Son,” or “Holy Spirit.”
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