Considering the Action and Attributes of God Through the Trinitarian Event
The first task of theology is to talk about God. What I would like to do is start the process of identifying God from the perspective of Christian belief. This means we will need to discuss the Trinity. [1] Christianity thinks that in the Trinity we gain clarification rather than confusion as to the nature of God. The fact that the word “Trinity” is not in the Bible gives the impression within Protestant Christianity that the doctrine is not biblical. It shows that the church has not classically understood the Bible in a wooden or literal way. It has understood the Bible, as the primary witness to revelation, deserving of faithful interpretation in every age and culture. The Christian notion of the Trinity is the distinctive Christian contribution to identifying God. This means that the Trinity is not the result of philosophical speculation. Christians have not developed a fascination with ...