1.3 The Oneness of God and the Trinity

Question 1

What is the belief in one God developed into the idea of?

Answer 1

The trinity

Question 2

Trinity -

Answer 2

The belief that there are the persons in One God; the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are separate, but are also one being

Question 3

Holy Spirit -

Answer 3

The third person of the Trinity whom Christians believe is the inspiring presence of God in the world

Question 4

Who are the 3 persons that make up the trinity?

Answer 4

• father
• son
• Holy Spirit

Question 5

What 3 things does the Trinity describe all at once?

Answer 5

• there is only one God
• each person of the trinity is fully God
• the persons of the trinity aren’t the same

Question 6

See diagram page 13

Answer 6

Ok

Question 7

What prayer is associated with the Father?

Answer 7

Our Father - ‘our father in heaven’

Question 8

What is the God the father believed to be?

Answer 8

The creator of the earth and of all living things on it - acts as a father
Omnipotent, omnibenevolent, omniscient and omnipresent

Question 9

What do Christians believe about Jesus?

Answer 9

He was both fully human whilst on a Earth and also fully God at all times

Question 10

What do Christians believe happened after Jesus had left the earth?

Answer 10

God sent the Holy Spirit to influence, guide and sustain the earth and all life on it

Question 11

What is the Holy Spirit believed to be?

Answer 11

The unseen power of God at work in the world in the past, present and future