THE HOLY TRINITY (CHRISTIANITY)

Question 1

What do Christians believe about God?

Answer 1

There are three distinct persons within the oneness of one God. This is called the Trinity

Question 2

God the Father:

Answer 2

1) continues to care for us
2) Christians believe that he created us, the world, and the heavens
3) judges whether we go to heaven or hell
4) He is all- powerful. Sustains and rules everything

Question 3

God the Son:

Answer 3

1) rose on the third day
2) born of the Virgin Mary
3) saviour, redeemer
4) performs miracles
5) came to earth in the form of Jesus

Question 4

God the Holy Spirit:

Answer 4

1) Invisible power
2) helper and guider
3) part of God that works within the world today

Question 5

What are the three persons that make up God?

Answer 5

Father, Son, Holy Spirit

Question 6

Why do we want to avoid taking about the parts of the Trinity?

Answer 6

He is all three of those things simultaneously

Question 7

What is the Nicene Creed?

Answer 7

A Christian statement of belief about God

Question 8

Where does the word ‘Creed’ come from?

Answer 8

The Latin word credo, meaning ‘I believe’

Question 9

Why was the Nicene Creed established?

Answer 9

The early Christians had lots of disagreements about the identity of Jesus

Question 10

What does the Nicene Creed state?

Answer 10

One God, expressed through three persons

Question 11

Explain how Jesus’ Baptism demonstrates the importance of the Trinity

Answer 11

It shows the Trinity working together. Jesus is the Son, the Father exists alongside Jesus, and the Holy Spirit communicates with John.

Question 12

The Great Commission

Answer 12

The Great Commission was when Jesus said to travel and convert people to Christianity. This shows the importance of the Trinity because he says their names as a source of authority.

Question 13

What did the early Christian theologian, Tertullian say about the Trinity?

Answer 13

“It is by all means to be believed, because it is absurd.”

Question 14

What is Tertullian trying to say about the nature of Christianity?

Answer 14

We need to have faith in the religion. It doesn’t have to make sense, we just need to believe and trust God.

Question 15

How is the Trinity demonstrated in Worship?

Answer 15

1) They repeat the Nicene Creed
2) They cross themselves when they enter a Church
3) Baptisms and marriages are performed in the name of the Trinity

Question 16

Does the Trinity make sense?

Answer 16

1+1+1=1. The Trinity seems to be illogical as three persons cannot be the same as each other but not the same. Christians argue that the Trinity is a mystery as it defies true human understanding. This because God is transcendent.

Question 17

What does ‘‘prorsus credibile est, quia ineptum este’’ mean and who said it?

Answer 17

'’it is by all means to be believed, because it is absurd’’ An early Christian theologian called Tetullian said this

Question 18

What is The Trinity not?

Answer 18

It is not three separate Gods, rather three individuals who together make up God; three qualities of God

Question 19

Where does the belief in the Trinity come from?

Answer 19

The specific word ‘Trinity’ is not mentioned in the Bible. It is expressed in the Nicene Creed. This is a Christian statement of belief about God.

Question 20

What does the Nicene Creed state?

Answer 20

‘We believe in one God, the Father, the almighty, maker of heaven and earth…’

Question 21

We believe in one Lord, …

Answer 21

Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, true God from true God, begotten not made, of one Being with the Father …

Question 22

We believe in the Holy Spirit, …

Answer 22

the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and Son. With the Father and the Son he is worshipped and glorified. He has spoken through the Prophets’

Question 23

Matthew 3:13-17

Answer 23

‘As soon as Jesus was baptised, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. And a voice from heaven said, ‘‘This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased”.

Question 24

In Matthew 3:13-17, who is the Father, Son and Holy Spirit?

Answer 24

God the Father is the voice; God the Some is Jesus; and God the Holy Spirit is the dove

Question 25

Matthew 28: 19

Answer 25

‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit’.

Question 26

John 14:26

Answer 26

‘The Helper is the Holy Spirit. The Father will send Him in my place. He will teach you everything and help you remember everything I have told you’.

Question 27

Where else id the Trinity demonstrated?

Answer 27

1) Matthew 3:13-17
2) Matthew 28: 19
3) John 14:26

Question 28

How is the Trinity reflected in the Christian worship and belief today?

Answer 28

• Churches will look grand to admire the creation of the Father
• There will be a cross to remember Jesus’ death
• Churches will have stained glass windows that often show the Holy Spirit is a dove
• When one is baptised on his dipped in the water three times to represent the Trinity. The priest will say ‘In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen’
• Roman Catholic priests wing the incense thurible three times
• Pentecostal Christians believe that the Holy Spirit visits them in worship through speaking in tongues. This is based on the Pentecost in the Bible where the Holy Spirit came to the disciples in tongues of fire