242 Following this apostolic tradition, the Church confessed at the first ecumenical council at Nicaea (325) that the Son is "consubstantial" with the Father, that is, one only God with him.66 The second ecumenical council, held at Constantinople in 381, kept this expression in its formulation of the Nicene Creed and confessed "the only-begotten Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, light from light, true God from true God, begotten not made, consubstantial with the Father".67 (from the Catechism of the Catholic Church)
To read more on what the Catechism of the Catholic Church says about the Holy Trinity click here
Hear what Fr. Robert Barron (now Bishop Robert Barron) says about the Trinity in the videos below...
Trinity...God is Love
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Pope Francis on the Holy Trinity...
An authentic Christian life cannot but reflect the Holy Trinity. That’s because its model is the “communion” of the three Divine persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit – and in particular the style with which they love each other “one with the other, one for the other, one in the other”. - Pope Francis (Watch the video on the right to see more)
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To see what else Pope Francis says about the Trinity being "real" and more than an "idea in the clouds" click here
Expressions of God
One way to think about the Holy Trinity is instead of using "persons" let's use "expressions" of God (from Bustedhalo.com).
The Trinity can be thought of in these three expressions:
(To read the whole article on Busted Halo click here)
One way to think about the Holy Trinity is instead of using "persons" let's use "expressions" of God (from Bustedhalo.com).
The Trinity can be thought of in these three expressions:
- God is “beyond us.”
We can never really fathom what God is, but we know that He is far beyond our limited human nature or anything we can come to know in that human experience. God is the ultimate mystery, the question that we never fully answer. This is God the Father — the creator, the one who is beyond all understanding. - God is also “among us.”
We come to know God in the person of Jesus. God takes on our human nature and becomes “one of us.” Catholics also believe that this human experience of God continues in the sacrament of the Eucharist. God the Son is among us. - God is also “within us.”
God is the “divine spark” that awakens us to the fact that we are alive. God imbues us with our creativity, our gifts and talents, and our limitations as well. As we come to know ourselves as people, we also come to know God — who knows us better than we know ourselves. This is the experience of God the Holy Spirit.
(To read the whole article on Busted Halo click here)
Is God real? Watch the video (right) for a reflection by
Chris Stefanick |
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To read more about the concept of the Trinity in scripture click here