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The term "immanent Trinity" focuses on who God is; the term "economic Trinity" focuses on what God does. According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, The Fathers of the Church distinguish between theology (theologia) and economy (oikonomia). "Theology" refers to the mystery of God's inmost life within the Blessed Trinity and "economy" to ...
The "Sons of God" are mentioned in the Hebrew Bible at Genesis 6:1–4. 1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, 2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
[52] [53] The Bible usually uses the name of God in the singular (e.g., Exodus 20:7 [54] or Psalms 8:1), [55] generally using the terms in a very general sense rather than referring to any special designation of God. [56] However, general references to the name of God may branch to other special forms which express his multifaceted attributes. [56]
genesis 6 The sons of God take wives of the daughters of men, and have children . God observes man's evil behaviour and decides to flood the earth and destroy all life.
As Theophilus does not appear to be introducing the word Trinity in novel fashion, it is probable that the word was in use before this time. [23] The context for his use of the word Trinity is commentary on the successive work of the creation weeks (Genesis chapters 1–3), where Theophilus expresses the Trinity as follows:
The Oriental Orthodox Churches believe in Monotheism, the belief that there is only One God, who is transcendent and far beyond human comprehension. [1] The church affirms the doctrine of the Trinity: God is One in Essence (Gr: οὐσία Ousia) but Three in Persons (Gr:ὑπόστασις Hypostasis) — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, sharing One Will, One Work, and One Lordship.
Theophilus of Antioch is the earliest Church father documented to have used the word "Trinity" to refer to God.. Debate exists as to whether the earliest Church Fathers in Christian history believed in the doctrine of the Trinity – the Christian doctrine that God the Father, the Son (Jesus Christ) and the Holy Spirit are three distinct persons sharing one homoousion (essence).
The Holy Trinity by Fridolin Leiber. The Christian doctrine of the Trinity (Latin: Trinitas, lit. 'triad', from Latin: trinus "threefold") [12] defines God as being one god existing in three coequal, coeternal, consubstantial persons: [13] [14] God the Father, God the Son (Jesus Christ) and God the Holy Spirit — three distinct persons sharing ...