Our need for the Trinity
If we discuss the relationship between God and man as a relationship between one nature and another, numerous issues will arise for Christian teaching. However, if we speak of the relationship as that of the original and its image, as Christian teaching asserts—that is, God and His image, which is man—the problems are fewer and easier to resolve.
• First: There is no existence for man without God.
• Second: Even in a state of sin, corruption, and death, man continues to exist by divine power. He is free to turn away from God, yet he continues to receive existence because all beings exist through the Word of the Logos, the Son of God (Hebrews 1:3).
• Third: Man can live in total isolation from God, and this isolation transforms him from a free person into a nature governed by the law of death.
These three points summarize Christian teaching. From here, we must identify the fundamental pillars of correct theological and spiritual Christian teaching.
So, why do we need the doctrine of the Trinity today?
First: It is the essence of Christianity.
Second: It is a call to freedom and transcendence, enabling us to comprehend the interplay between nature and personal freedom.
Third: It reveals the eternal destiny of humanity. This is profound because humans will not be immortal as machines but as God's image.
We attain immortality in the Son of God, in the person of the Son, who abolished death for the sole reason of preserving communion.
Fourth: It is a challenge to civilizations where systems dominate the individual.
This is a key reason for revolutions throughout human history.
Fifth: The Trinity proclaims the truth of love that gives without dominating, sacrifices without oppressing, and brings life without annihilating.
We must remember that the hymn of resurrection "by death, He trampled death"—represents the destruction of the law of corruption, the liberation of humanity from the dominion of death, and consequently from the dominion of sin. This can only be understood in light of the eternal love of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Sixth: The Trinity teaches us about life, existence, transcendence, and love. Losing this understanding reduces the Gospel to a "lowly philosophy" incapable of standing alongside other schools of philosophy.
In conclusion, let us not view the doctrine of the Trinity merely as a historical, linguistic, or philosophical study while neglecting the Gospel, which brings a history distinct from human history - one in which time loses its role in shaping the relationship between God and humanity.
The Gospel introduces another language: the language of love, or the new tongue (Mark 16:17). It also brings another philosophy: that of sacrifice, giving, and grace.
Therefore, why do we need the doctrine of the Trinity?
The answer lies in one phrase:
So that we may live as humans created in the image of God.
•The Post Photo: Trinity of the Old Testament by Andrei Rublev, The 15th century.
If we discuss the relationship between God and man as a relationship between one nature and another, numerous issues will arise for Christian teaching. However, if we speak of the relationship as that of the original and its image, as Christian teaching asserts—that is, God and His image, which is man—the problems are fewer and easier to resolve.
• First: There is no existence for man without God.
• Second: Even in a state of sin, corruption, and death, man continues to exist by divine power. He is free to turn away from God, yet he continues to receive existence because all beings exist through the Word of the Logos, the Son of God (Hebrews 1:3).
• Third: Man can live in total isolation from God, and this isolation transforms him from a free person into a nature governed by the law of death.
These three points summarize Christian teaching. From here, we must identify the fundamental pillars of correct theological and spiritual Christian teaching.
So, why do we need the doctrine of the Trinity today?
First: It is the essence of Christianity.
Second: It is a call to freedom and transcendence, enabling us to comprehend the interplay between nature and personal freedom.
Third: It reveals the eternal destiny of humanity. This is profound because humans will not be immortal as machines but as God's image.
We attain immortality in the Son of God, in the person of the Son, who abolished death for the sole reason of preserving communion.
Fourth: It is a challenge to civilizations where systems dominate the individual.
This is a key reason for revolutions throughout human history.
Fifth: The Trinity proclaims the truth of love that gives without dominating, sacrifices without oppressing, and brings life without annihilating.
We must remember that the hymn of resurrection "by death, He trampled death"—represents the destruction of the law of corruption, the liberation of humanity from the dominion of death, and consequently from the dominion of sin. This can only be understood in light of the eternal love of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Sixth: The Trinity teaches us about life, existence, transcendence, and love. Losing this understanding reduces the Gospel to a "lowly philosophy" incapable of standing alongside other schools of philosophy.
In conclusion, let us not view the doctrine of the Trinity merely as a historical, linguistic, or philosophical study while neglecting the Gospel, which brings a history distinct from human history - one in which time loses its role in shaping the relationship between God and humanity.
The Gospel introduces another language: the language of love, or the new tongue (Mark 16:17). It also brings another philosophy: that of sacrifice, giving, and grace.
Therefore, why do we need the doctrine of the Trinity?
The answer lies in one phrase:
So that we may live as humans created in the image of God.
•The Post Photo: Trinity of the Old Testament by Andrei Rublev, The 15th century.
✨ Our need for the Trinity ✨
If we discuss the relationship between God and man as a relationship between one nature and another, numerous issues will arise for Christian teaching. However, if we speak of the relationship as that of the original and its image, as Christian teaching asserts—that is, God and His image, which is man—the problems are fewer and easier to resolve.
• First: There is no existence for man without God.
• Second: Even in a state of sin, corruption, and death, man continues to exist by divine power. He is free to turn away from God, yet he continues to receive existence because all beings exist through the Word of the Logos, the Son of God (Hebrews 1:3).
• Third: Man can live in total isolation from God, and this isolation transforms him from a free person into a nature governed by the law of death.
These three points summarize Christian teaching. From here, we must identify the fundamental pillars of correct theological and spiritual Christian teaching.
So, why do we need the doctrine of the Trinity today?
First: It is the essence of Christianity.
Second: It is a call to freedom and transcendence, enabling us to comprehend the interplay between nature and personal freedom.
Third: It reveals the eternal destiny of humanity. This is profound because humans will not be immortal as machines but as God's image.
We attain immortality in the Son of God, in the person of the Son, who abolished death for the sole reason of preserving communion.
Fourth: It is a challenge to civilizations where systems dominate the individual.
This is a key reason for revolutions throughout human history.
Fifth: The Trinity proclaims the truth of love that gives without dominating, sacrifices without oppressing, and brings life without annihilating.
We must remember that the hymn of resurrection "by death, He trampled death"—represents the destruction of the law of corruption, the liberation of humanity from the dominion of death, and consequently from the dominion of sin. This can only be understood in light of the eternal love of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Sixth: The Trinity teaches us about life, existence, transcendence, and love. Losing this understanding reduces the Gospel to a "lowly philosophy" incapable of standing alongside other schools of philosophy.
In conclusion, let us not view the doctrine of the Trinity merely as a historical, linguistic, or philosophical study while neglecting the Gospel, which brings a history distinct from human history - one in which time loses its role in shaping the relationship between God and humanity.
The Gospel introduces another language: the language of love, or the new tongue (Mark 16:17). It also brings another philosophy: that of sacrifice, giving, and grace.
Therefore, why do we need the doctrine of the Trinity?
The answer lies in one phrase:
So that we may live as humans created in the image of God.
•The Post Photo: Trinity of the Old Testament by Andrei Rublev, The 15th century.
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