doctrine of trinity Flashcards
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general points
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- the father, the son and the holy spirit = God
- not all accept but those who do, God is encountered in OT as father, creator and judge but in NT encountered as human
- Jesus conceived by power of holy spirit & at baptism descends on him in bodily form
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importance og doctrine of trinity 1
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- brings together main historical & doctrinal truths on Christianity concerning sin
- many christians believe relationship between god & humanity are affected by ‘original sin’ of Adam & Eve
- doctrine of trinity explains this:
|_ god sent Son as atonement to redeem humans, Son fully human so can make atonement through death on cross and Holy Spirit gives new birth in Jesus so humans have hope of eternal life
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importance of doctrine of trinity 2
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- trinity makes it possible for humans to have personal relationship with god
- major problem thinking about god by only referring to transcendent characteristic as most Christians believe he’s immanent without creation
4
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importance of doctrine of trinity 3
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- relationship between father, son, holy spirit is one of love as God is love
- since humans are made in image of God, personal relationships between people in that sense are modelled on Trinitara love
5
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belief that Jesus is son of god - support
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-in john 10:30, clearly thought he was claiming to be GOd since wanted to stone him to death for blasphemy however this still proves nothing because in 10:36-8 Jesus in reply says he is son of God doing his Father’s work and seems to be simply saying that by ‘son of god’ he mans doing work God would want him to do
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belief Jesus is son of God - challenge
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- if ‘son of god’ is taken in the trinitarion sense, then Jesus’ authority is God’s authority. if taken in a liberal sense then Jesus’ authority i merely human and the solution to this issue has a huge impact on question of Jesus’ moral authority
- one thing to follow teachings as son of god but another if he is just human
