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Trinity

Trinity

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A Christian belief that God is three persons in one
  • noun
  • /ˈtrɪnɪti/
translation icon : Trinidad
  • In Christian belief, the Trinity is the union of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit as one God.

Anselm said, of the Trinity, the divine Trinity.

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Examples

  • In Catholic theology, God takes the form of a trinity, three persons in one nature.

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  • And when he was baptized was the only time in history where all three in the Trinity were there at once.

  • The second person of the Trinity is the word who is also the Son.

  • Jesus christ, son of our lord, Blessed member of the holy trinity.

  • Sadly, most people today, evangelicals in the church in the United States, their trinity is God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Bible.

  • Is it the persistent (subliminal) influence of the Christian trinity of "Father, Son, and Holy Ghost"?

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  • ♪ Holy, holy ♪ ♪ lord God almighty ♪ ♪ early in the morning ♪ ♪ the sun shall rise to thee ♪ ♪ holy, holy, holy ♪ ♪ merciful and mighty ♪ ♪ God in three persons ♪ ♪ blessed trinity

  • Many Christians believe that understanding the Trinity is essential for grasping the nature of God.

  • During the baptism of Jesus, all three persons of the Trinity appeared together in a significant moment.

Synonyms

Holy Trinity
vsTrinity
5 7.0

A Christian belief that God is three persons in one

is the standard doctrinal name without extra liturgical or technical tone
Blessed Trinity
vsTrinity
  • Formal
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A Christian belief that God is three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit

is the more general doctrinal name used in theology and common writing
Sacred Trinity
vsTrinity
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Three persons in one God in Christian belief, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit

is the more common doctrinal term rather than a specialized theological label

Compounds

5 7.0

A Christian belief that God is three persons in one

1 8.9

A Christian belief that God is three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit

Three persons in one God in Christian belief, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit

Three important gods in Taoism who represent the world and the path to spiritual life

A river in eastern Texas that starts near Dallas and flows southeast to Galveston Bay

The first Sunday after Pentecost when churches celebrate the belief in Father, Son and Holy Spirit

Surface Forms

Trinity singular
Trinities plural

Morphology

Trinity = trine (opaque) = trine + ity

The formation 'trine' + '-ity' straightforwardly denotes 'three-ness' as a nominalization of a threefold adjective.

Etymology

The word Trinity comes from the Latin trinitas, built on tri- meaning 'three'. Think of a triangle or a trio: three parts that make one whole, so Trinity means three persons in one God.