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biblebuf

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What is meant by the word Trinity?
« on: January 11, 2013, 06:42:26 pm »
Trinity (Parsons Bible Dictionary)
A word not found in Scripture, but used to express the doctrine of the unity of God as subsisting in three distinct Persons. This word is derived from the Gr. trias, first used by Theophilus (A.D. 168-183), or from the Lat. trinitas, first used by Tertullian (A.D. 220), to express this doctrine.
The propositions involved in the doctrine are these: (1.) That God is one, and that there is but one God (Deut. 6:4 ; 1 Kings 8:60 ; Isa. 44:6 ; Mark 12:29, 32 ; John 10:30 ). (2.) That the Father is a distinct divine Person (hypostasis, subsistentia, persona, suppositum intellectuale), distinct from the Son and the Holy Spirit. (3.) That Jesus Christ was truly God, and yet was a Person distinct from the Father and the Holy Spirit. (4.) That the Holy Spirit is also a distinct divine Person.

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Re: What is meant by the word Trinity?
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2013, 09:41:14 am »
That is a short definition but the otherside would not let it pass as biblical proof. There are a lot more verses that confirm they are one. I laughed once when Fat asked a poster, 'who is the father of Christ?' and then went on to prove it was the Holy Ghost, not the Father.

Then you have Both claiming to be the Alpha and Omega, hard for them to explain. Hard for us humans to understand.
Rev 1:8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is , and which was , and which is to come , the Almighty.

Rev 22:13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.