Lesson three: ECONIMIC AND IMMANENT TRINITY Flashcards
Deuteronomy 6:4
God is one
Matthew 28:19
He exists in three persons
Is the way trinitarian god revealed to us.
Economic trinity
economic trinity comes from the greek word
oikonomia
it means “management” or “handling” of the household, and when used in relation to revelation, it is the way God manages of handles creation (the house which god manages)
oikonomia
also
-deals with how the three persons in the Godhead relate to each other and the world.
-dealing with the activity of God and the roles of the three persons with regard to creation and redemption.
-it is the Father who sends the Son into the world for our redemption.
-It is the Son who acquires our redemption for us.
-It is the Spirit who applies that redemption to us.
economic trinity
it is a reference to the nature of god.
Immanent(ontological) trinity
it means “the action remaining within an agent”
immanent
ontological trinity is also sometimes called
essential trinity
ontological trinity teaches that the three persons are equal in
power, glory, wisdom, etc.