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DOCTRINE OF THE TRINITY AND 3.4 Three Persons but Same Essence or Nature (al-Dzat) 3.5 Relationship Between God The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit 3.6 The Essence (al-Dzat) of God the Father is in the Son and the Holy Spirit 3.7 God Is Not Splitting Into Three Parts 3.8 The Three Divine Persons Do Not Exist Side By Side In The Divine World 3.9 In the Trinity No One is Greater, Less, Separate Nor Subordinate One to the Other 3.10 Jesus Could Not Be Separated From the Father and the Holy Spirit 3.12 Jesus: God That Became Man (al-Hulul wa al-Ittihad) 3.14 As A Perfect Sin Offering For Mankind: God Became Man |
Christianity, as understood and believed by the Christians consists of Three Major Creeds or Articles of Faith, namely, The Apostles Creed, The Athanasian Creed and The Nicene Creed[1]. The Trinity is perfectly put up by the Quicumque or “The Athanasian Creed” which dates back from the fourth century.[2] Well-informed scholars agree, however, that Father Athanasius[3] himself (296-373 C.E) did not compose this Creed. “The New Encyclopedia Britannica” comments: “Since the 17th century, scholars have generally agreed that the Athanasian Creed was not written by Athanasius but was probably composed in southern France during the 5th century… It was used in the liturgy of the Church in Germany in the 9th century and somewhat later in Rome.”[4] The Athanasian Creed is as follows: “And the Catholic faith is this: That we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity. Neither confounding the persons nor dividing the substance.For there is one person of the Father, another of the Son, and another of the Holy Spirit. But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit is all one, the glory equal, the majesty co-eternal… The Father uncreated, the Son uncreated, and the Holy Spirit uncreated…The Father eternal, the Son eternal, and the Holy Spirit eternal. And yet there are not three eternal but one eternal. And also there are not three uncreated … but only one uncreated. So likewise the Father is almighty, the Son is almighty, and the Holy Spirit almighty. And yet there are not three Almighty's, but one Almighty. So the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God, and yet they are not three Gods, but one God…So likewise the Father is Lord, the Son Lord, the Holy Spirit Lord, And yet they are not three Lords, but one Lord… And in this Trinity none is before or after another, none is greater or less than another.”[5] [1] The Nicene Creed is as follows: “And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, Begotten of the Father before all ages, Light of Light, True God of true God, begotten not made, of one substance with the Father, through whom all things were made; Who for us men and for our salvation came down from the heavens, and was made flesh of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary, and became man, and was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, and suffered and was buried, and rose again on the third day according to the Scriptures, and ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of the Father, and comes again with glory to judge the living and the dead, of whose Kingdom there will be no end…”(Acts of Nicaea, in F.E Peters, 335) [2] Miraea Eliade, The Encyclopedia of Religion, Vol 4 (Macmillian Publishing & Co, New York) 1987, 144-145 [3] Bishop of Alexandria. He was a famous Christian theologian and philosopher. Surprisingly, he was charged at the Council of Tyre in 355 C.E with breaking a mystical chalice, smashing an episcopal chair, false imprisonment, deposing an opposing bishop, unlawfully placing him under military guard and torturing him, striking other bishops physically, obtaining his bishopric by perjury, breaking and cutting off the arm of one of his opponents, burning his house, tying him to a column and whipping him, and putting him in a cell illegally; all this in addition to teach a false doctrine. (The Bible Fraud: An Untold Story of Jesus Christ, 168). [4] Should You Believe In the Trinity?, 9 [5] The New Schoff Herzogg, Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Volume One, 338-342; Volume Two, 200-203, in A.D Ajijiola, The Myth of The Cross, 15
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