Each part of the trinity reveals a truth. One cannot be whole without comprehending how each part of the trinity helps one come to find their identity. The Son helps restore the relationship that was broken during the fall and brings one, one step closer to repairing a relationship that was broken during the Fall. The Father is the one who establishes one’s purpose in life. While the Holy Spirit reveals one’s talents and abilities along with giving one’ fruits of the Spirit that helps them throughout life to achieve and identify their purpose.
These biblical theologians and philosophers include St. Augustine, a convert and a father to Christianity. St. Augustine adhered to the concept of Trinity later in his life and in his teachings. The concept of Trinity is based on the idea of
‘Why Jesus (the Logos) had to be a human?’ Jesus as God had to become a man in order to fulfill the office of mediator, who should be true God and should become true man (Calvin, 2001). 1. Only Christ Jesus can bridge the gap betweem God and human. As in 1 Timothy 2:5 and Hebrew 4:15, Jesus described as same as human but had no sins.
Augustine does not expurgate his moments of sin. Instead, he chooses to linger on those moments and try to uncover what caused him to sin and how these moments influenced him. He then shows how he has moved away from sin in loving and worshiping God as the ultimate good and the orchestrator of his life. This can be seen in specific instances throughout the story, but also in the way Augustine references or speaks to God. For instance, Augustine praises God and says, “Thou good God, my Sovereign and true God,” (Puchner 840) along with many other epithets throughout all of the
The scripture texts mention Jesus as one who breaks all walls that divide humans under certain categories or label them with captions. In other words, if we are able to see God’s love manifest in the love of Christ, we would be able to understand the love of God too. On the other hand, Burton Z. Cooper states that “God has acted in Christ to redeem us.” This satisfies Jesus’ claim that our faith in Christ will help us be one in Christ as he is one in the Father, as mentioned in John 14:20.
This does indicate that the Holy Spirit is important and should receive praise, although not once does it say that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit together compose the trinity. This is slightly confusing; they believe the Holy Spirit is from the Father but he proceeds the Father, indicating that they are not all together
Throughout the history, humankind was consistently concerned with the basic nature of the human beings. Consequently, there has always been a debate on the attitudes of the philosophers and scientists towards competing ideas that whether humans are intrinsically good or evil, whether humans are natured or nurtured, whether humans are fundamentally selfish or altruistic, whether it is all about our inner states that make us to behave in a certain way or it is mostly associated with external factors such as our environment that shape our identity. In this paper, compelling arguments of the above-mentioned different schools will be analyzed, evaluated, discussed and concluded. The initial school of thought suggests that, humans are inherently bad, selfish and egoistic beings. Origin of this view roots back to ancient times.
Even though the for the Church Fathers the Bible was central to their theology, it was not limited to plain sense readings of the text. They believed the texts had multiple meanings and could be figurative. Using allegory allowed them to discuss the Bible a single book about Christ. Interpretation of Scripture for Augustine and other early writers did not approach Scripture through contemporary types of exegesis (e.g., word analysis or historical context), instead they interpreted it through the revelation in Christ and through the Holy Spirit. The emphasis on Christ in biblical interpretation eventually led to discussions in the Trinity.
We know He is loving, that He hears our cry and rescues us. We also know God is wrathful and just. Just does not mean fair, just means just. In this picture, we see that God extends relief and comfort before He extends wrath. I believe that is
Augustine continuously praises God in book 10 of the confessions, he believes that the soul and body are constantly in conflict in finding happiness in this world and that true happiness only exists in God’s love. In book 10 Augustine talks directly to God saying “My love for you, lord is not an uncertain feelings but a matter of conscious certainty, with your word you pierced my heart, and I loved you”. This love that Augustine is describing is not love for physical beauty as he says rather a love for Gods light, odor, and voice. He describes his love for God by referring to him as omnipotent omnipresent omniscient omnibenevolent and believes that only God can guide him. He describes his love for God as “a bond of union that no satiety can
He told the child that this was an impossible task, and the child replied that it was no more impossible than understanding the Trinity. Of course, this did not stop him from writing a long book. I believe that it is essential both that we try to understand and learn about God and that we know that we will never succeed, and in trying to learn about the Trinity, the description that makes the most sense to me is that the trinity is a relationship. They are three in one and one in three, so in love that there is no separation. If the Trinity is relationship, perichoresis- a divine dance of love, overflowing into creation, it is a model for the generous love that we are called to show also.
In the Bible, God is anthropomorphized and made to seem as though he were human. Anthropomorphism does cast human traits and characteristics onto unhuman things, but its goal is not mere labelization. In the Bible, anthropomorphic descriptions are typically mistaken as a way to convey that God is like us and is a man with a body. Such characterization is done not because God actually is a man, but rather, it is done to divulge spiritual truths about God that are normally beyond our level of understanding.
Thus, he understood that his sins were being perceived. Augustine started out the seventh book by showing how he evolved from his previous shameful sins. “I did not think of you, my God, in the shape of a human body, for I had rejected this idea ever since I had first begun to study philosophy, and I was glad to find that our spiritual mother, your Catholic Church, also rejected such beliefs.” (Book VII, Section 1, Page 133) This shows that Augustine is beginning to think more about God and how his sins have been watched throughout his whole life.
SOME OTHER REFLECTIONS The doctrine of Trinity is the foundation of Christianity. One cannot comprehend God’s creation, salvation, the call to community, prayer, and many other expressions of the Christian faith without it. There are several considerations that Trinitarian Theology alone can make sense of. First, the nature of God is impossible to explain apart from Trinitarian Theology.
We should reflect God like a mirror reflects our image. A mirror shows us the real us, it doesn’t lie or hide the truth about us; it shows us who we are. That’s how we should be in our reflection of God. We shouldn’t hide or compromise our walk with Yahweh just to fit in with the crowd or to please someone. God set us apart from the rest.
