How you do understand the mystery of Divine Trinity?
By betterdays
@BetterDays4Me (3777)
Philippines
April 29, 2012 10:50pm CST
In Christian terms, the mystery of Divine Trinity means one God in three Divine Persons. This is easier said, but harder to explain. Many theologians and laymen have some theories and ideas about how this is possible. Do you have your own ideas about this mystery? How do you understand this mystery of Divine Trinity?
2 responses
@jjzone44 (917)
• United States
30 Apr 12
I understand it as the Father being God, Jesus Christ is the son, and the Holy Spirit is the energy poured out by the two beings. It is a separate entity from the two, much in the same way that love is a force that we all posses, and it is present even if we are not.
@BetterDays4Me (3777)
• Philippines
30 Apr 12
I see, so this Divine Trinity consists of the Father, The Son and the Holy Spirit...separate entities but one and the same God. Anyway, do you think this understanding of the mystery of Divine Trinity would help us live as better Christians in any way?
@jjzone44 (917)
• United States
30 Apr 12
I believe that it can. Anytime a person has a better understanding of something, the more sense it makes to them. If you think about courses you took in high school, some of them surely had you questioning what is the value of this information? Later in life, through different experience we learn that some of those seemingly inconsequential bits of knowledge came in quite handy.
No matter what religion one practices, there will always be those with a counterpoint, and those that may flat out say you are wrong. Having a better understanding of what you believe can only help in those trying times; knowing and understanding more can assist you in brushing aside those challenges.
Imagine a desk with only a digital clock and a button, in a room with no windows, only a door. Someone is tasked with watching that clock, and pressing the button every time a minute passes. Sounds boring, but you can teach anyone to read a clock and push a button. Now explain to the person that when they press the button, they are triggering an audible warning in another area that reminds someone else to check their monitors to make sure the respirators are all functioning properly for a group of patients whose very life depends on those respirators. Understanding why that person is pushing the button now shows just how important that seemingly boring job is.
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@BetterDays4Me (3777)
• Philippines
2 May 12
I think so too. Anything that could make you understand your faith and religion better should give some good benefits and you can have opportunities to use them in your life or maybe to enlighten others if necessary.
I also believe there are some instances in life that those knowledge you gain can be life-saving, for yourself or to others as well. Well, that is one good example of "knowledge is power" and I don't believe in the saying "what they don't know won't hurt them" because I believe ignorance has hurt people by failing to gain wisdom that would change their life for the better.

@iuliuxd (4453)
• Romania
2 May 12
I think the people who gave us this Trinity idea were pretty smart.Basically they had to answer to the most difficult question.Who is our God ?
So they came up with this answer : This is how our God revealed Himself to us.In the form of the Father, and the Son and the Holy Spirit.Or 3 hypostases of the same essence.Hypostasis is a greek word and it is difficult to translate it in english.So today we use the term persons because when they translated the word in latin it was 3 personas.Some people and many protestant churches are confused when they hear about 3 persons, it`s like "How can they be 3 if there is only one God ? ".But in reality the 3 hypostases means exactly the 3 forms by which God has revealed Himself to us.
If you are interested to read more about this you can read about how St. Spyridon explained the trinity with the help of a piece of pottery ( or a brick ).You can find the story written here :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Spyridon



