𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐈 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲: 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐔𝐬
Why I Believe in the Trinity: What the Bible Teaches Us I believe in the Trinity because the whole testimony of Scripture reveals one true and living God who eternally exists as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The word Trinity does not occur in Scripture, but the doctrine it expresses arises from the biblical revelation itself. I do not believe in the Trinity merely because it became an established doctrine of the Church, nor because it was formulated through later theological reflection. I believe it because Scripture requires us to hold together several truths that cannot legitimately be separated: there is one God; the Father is God; Jesus Christ is truly God; the Holy Spirit is truly God; and the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are personally distinct. The doctrine of the Trinity is therefore not an addition to biblical faith but a theological confession designed to preserve the complete biblical witness concerning God. One God The foundation of biblical revelation is the uncompr...