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On the Trinity (Latin: De Trinitate) is a Latin book written by Augustine of Hippo to discuss the Trinity in context of the Logos. Although not as well known as some of his other works, some scholars have seen it as his masterpiece, of more doctrinal importance even than Confessions or The City of God .
About this page. Source. Translated by Arthur West Haddan. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 3. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian ...
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There is a possible allusion to the Creed in Gregory Nazianzen's Oration in praise of Athanasius: "For, when all the rest who sympathised with us were divided into three parties, and many were faltering in their conception of the Son, and still more in that of the Holy Ghost, (a point on which to be only slightly in error was to be orthodox) and fe...
The Athanasian Creed is usually divided into two sections: lines 1–28 address the doctrine of the Trinity, and lines 29–44 address the doctrine of Christology. Enumerating the three persons of the Trinity (Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit), the first section of the creed ascribes the divine attributes to each individually. Thus, each person of ...
Composed of 44 rhythmic lines, the Athanasian Creed appears to have been intended as a liturgical document, the original purpose of the creed being for it to be spoken or sung as a part of worship. The creed itself uses the language of public worship by speaking of the worship of God rather than the language of belief ("Now this is the catholic fai...
Aug 4, 2023 · Starting Points for Research. Augustine and the Trinity by Lewis Ayres. A substantial and influential treatment of Augustine's doctrine of the Trinity. The Theological Epistemology of Augustine's de Trinitate by Luigi Gioia.
Supplement to Trinity. History of Trinitarian Doctrines. 1. Introduction. 2. The Christian Bible. 2.1 The Old Testament. 2.2 The New Testament. 3. Development of Creeds. 3.1 Up to 325 CE. 3.1.1 The One God in the Trinity. 3.1.2 Tertullian. 3.2 325–381: The Arian Controversy. 3.3 The pro-Nicene Consensus. 3.3.1 Gregory of Nyssa. 3.3.2 Augustine.
In the Christian religion, the Trinity is the most known doctrine about the nature of God in most Christian churches. This idea is used to explain that three distinct divine persons — God the Father, God the Son Jesus Christ, and God the Holy Spirit —are of the same essence ( homoousion ), share the same qualities, and are therefore One God.
