About the Trinity
You've probably heard the word Trinity many times - and about how our God is one, but in three Persons. It sounds complicated. Indeed: it is hard for us to imagine how one God can be three Persons at the same time. After all, we are used to thinking in human terms - one person = one person.
If you start questioning a Christian who has not delved into this topic, the conversation more often than not becomes confused. Sometimes it comes to a false conclusion: there are three Gods living in God, who together are one God. But this is wrong. It is the heresy of tritheism.
That is why in the first centuries of the Church most heresies arose around the Trinity. The Church was even forced to introduce the term "Trinity," even though theology usually tries to use only biblical words. Nevertheless, the doctrine of the Trinity is quite biblical, which is why we can (and should) use the term to speak clearly and accurately.
Let's try to get a little insight into the essence of this doctrine together.
So:
God is one.
But within the Godhead are three Persons.
These are not three parts, not three "masks" (as the heresy of Modalism teaches), but three real, separate, living Persons in perfect unity.
These Persons are:
1. God the Father
2. God the Son (Jesus Christ)
3. God the Holy Spirit
They do not share the Godhead among themselves, but each of the Persons is fully God. And yet they are not one and the same Person, but three distinct Persons who communicate with each other, love each other, and work together.
When we pray to one of Him, we are dealing with a complete God, because there is no disunity in God. The Trinity is perfect unity in love and mission.
How do the Persons of the Trinity differ?
Each has its own special characteristics and role in salvation history. But none is superior or inferior, and none is without divine attributes.
About this - in the following posts.