
Originally Posted by
necrotic freak
Those who deny Divinity of Jesus are compelled to deny the Divine nature of Holy Spirit! For them Trinity of God is beyond human understanding! So deny it! They just forget the fact; God who created man can never be a slave of human intelligence! For them Holy Spirit is only an angel or one of the seven spirits! They try to confuse Trinity as Tri-theism (Three-gods!) Criticize Catholics as ‘Trinitarians’ Did God reveals Himself as ‘Trinity’ in the Bible? How do we understand this Great Mystery?
The term 'Trinity'
As we all know Divine Revelation is explained through the centuries by some theological terms, though those are insufficient to explain the truth revealed, in depth! We can never find the word ‘Bible’ in an authentic translation of the Bible. Bible itself is a term that appeared in history from the 4th century! But we believe in It.! Similarly, we don’t see the word Trinity in the bible, but to explain the Divine Mystery revealed to us about God the Father, the Son and The Holy Spirit, we use the term ‘Trinity’.
The word trinity is 1st used by St.Theophilus of Antioch in his book ‘Epistle to Antolycus’ in A.D 180(Greek: triados) Remember, at that time there was no ‘bible’ in the Church! In fact the term Trinity is more ancient than the word ‘bible’ itself! Before the formation of the Bible those who worked behind the creation of a canonical book ‘bible’, believed and accepted ‘The Trinity’ as God’s
revealed truth handed over to them from the apostles! After some years Tertullian (A.D 160-250) used a Latin term for Trinity (trinitas) in his work ‘Modesty’. He wrote” Trinity of the one Divinity; Father, Son and Holy Spirit”
HOLY TRINITY IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father in union with Jesus. John 15:26 – “But when the Comforter comes, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceeds from the Father, he shall testify me.” Bible uses the Greek word ‘pneuma’ (pnyoo’-mah’) for Holy Spirit, which means ‘breath’ or ‘life giving spirit’. When God created man He ‘breathed’ on Adam and gave him life. Jesus breathed on apostles and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit” (Jn. 20.21) Holy Spirit is the Breath of the Father and The Son, who is proceeding from both of them!
Jesus himself reveals the unity and equality of three persons of Trinity when he commanded: Mathew 28:19 “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” Here the ‘name’ singular is used for the plurality of “Father, Son and the Holy Spirit “(not the plural ‘names’). This singular ‘name’ implies the fundamental unity of Three Divine Persons. Those who deny divine nature of Jesus and The Holy Spirit are baptizing their members “In the name of the Father, the God, Son the man, Holy Spirit an angel.” Through baptism God, who is the Trinity, chooses us. I Pet 1.2: “who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ”.
St. Paul explains this mystery more clearer when he says: “ There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit, there are different kinds of service, but the same Lord, there are different kinds of working, but the same God works all of them in all men” (1Cor: 12.4). The creative work of Heavenly Father, the redemptive work of The Son and sanctifying work of The Spirit are same work of the Almighty.