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1 THE TRINITY

2 The War for the Trinity (based on Behr, V.2, Pt. 1, ch. 3) Controversy Erupts Pre-325 Council of Nicea 325 A Battle At Night Alexander and Arius in Alexandria homoousios Positions Develop Conquer and Divide Constantius has whole empire, supports Eastern majority against Athanasius Overture to Reconciliation Dialogue Between East and West Basil and Pope Damasus reconcile pro-nicene factions Consolidation of Nicene Orthodoxy Council of Constantinople homoousios + Holy Spirit 381 Council of Rome Damasus approves Constantinople s doctrine 382 Pre

3 BEING/ESSENCE/SUBSTANCE Being: something that exists. God exists in a way that is infinitely greater than our existence. Essence: that which makes something the kind of thing it is. Synonymous with nature (as in human nature or divine nature ) Substance: that which undergirds the accidents, or qualities, of something. God is all substance with no accidents. The 3 terms are used interchangeably to denote the Godhead as one and absolutely simple. They answer the question, what?

4 PERSON In God, person has no universally accepted definition A popular modern definition: mode of subsistence Thomas Aquinas definition: subsistent relation It is not a center of individual self-consciousness. b/c there is only one divine will, knowledge, act, etc. But it is somehow analogical to our concept of person. answers the question who?

5 HYPOSTASIS An instance of a nature sometimes equated with person in discussions of the Trinity answers the question which one?

6 THE TRINITY 3 persons (or hypostases): Father, Son, and Holy Spirit 1 essence (or being, nature, substance): The Divine Nature/ The Trinity There are not 4 things here. There is 1 thing, 1 being. Each person is identical with the Divine Nature in substance, yet distinct from the other persons in relation or emanation. The persons may be distinguished by their relations or their processions/emanations

7 AN ANCIENT DIAGRAM OF THE PREDICATIONS Image from: H. Wayne House, Charts of Christian Theology and Doctrine (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1992), 45

8 RELATION In other usage: one of Aristotle s Categories. (distinct from substance and quality; precise meaning debated) In reference to God: The description (or naming, or constitution) of one person in the Trinity by reference to another. Ex.(from Aug.): The Father is Begetting Wisdom (person, essence) The Son is Born Wisdom

9 EMANATION In other usage: the production of one being from another. In reference to God: The eternal, timeless production of a person in the Trinity. Sometimes procession is used as a synonym for emanation.

10 THE EMANATIONS IN THE TRINITY: EAST AND WEST WEST The Son is eternally begotten of the Father The Holy Spirit eternally proceeds from the Father and the Son EAST The Son is eternally begotten of the Father The Holy Spirit eternally proceeds from the Father Gregory of Nyssa: The Holy Spirit eternally proceeds from the Father through the Son.

11 TWO COMPLEMENTARY ANALOGIES WEST (Augustine) Memory, Understanding, and Will Benefit: The soul is one in essence and three in powers Problem: Based on one person, but God is three persons. EAST (Gregory of Nyssa) Three men as instances of human nature Benefit: There are three persons and one nature Problem: Based on three beings, but God is one being.

12 QUIZ 1) What is one in God? 2) What are three in God?

13 GOD THE FATHER: DOCTRINE OF GOD God is Truth God is Love God is Almighty, etc. Peter Lombard: There is nothing in God which is not God God created the world ex nihilo God created angels; they are real God is absolutely sovereign over creation, allowing evil in connection with free will

14 GOD THE FATHER: IN THE TRINITY While God can be called Father in reference to creation, Jesus revealed God as father in a new sense the Father of the eternal Son The Father eternally generates the Son Revealed at Jesus baptism The Father, with the Son, is eternal Spirator of the Holy Spirit The Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son eternally Revealed at Pentecost

15 ONE MORE TIME 1) What is one in God? 2) What are three in God?

16 QUESTIONS?

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