Trinity and One God

The Trinity is the Christian belief that the one true God exists eternally as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Christians do not believe in three gods. They believe God is one in being and three in person.

No. The Trinity does not mean three gods. Christians believe there is one God, and that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are each fully God, yet not three separate gods. The doctrine of the Trinity is the church’s summary of what the Bible teaches: God is one, the Father is God, Jesus is God, the Holy Spirit is God, and the Father, Son, and Spirit are not the same person.

Yes. The teaching of the Trinity is in the Bible, even though the word Trinity is not. Scripture says there is one God, calls the Father God, calls Jesus God, calls the Holy Spirit God, and places the three together as the one divine reality. The word Trinity is the church’s summary of what the Bible already teaches.