The Three Identities

The theology of the Trinity has been debated for centuries, as well as how God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit are three separate identities, but all one God, all divine in nature. One must look at the early forefathers of theology and their doctrine on the Trinity and how the location such as East and the West looked at it from different views. To understanding the term Trinity, one must ascertain how it came together, along with the relationship of the three identities that make up the Trinity and how they are divine nature. The Trinitarian theology comes out of the fourth century, and takes the divine nature of the Trinity in being of one God, but in three identities. The doctrine of the Trinity is an inseparable work
The doctrine of the Trinity raises hard questions about how the Trinity is equally important, while being seen as one God, at the same time being seen as three identities, while all three are divine in their own nature (Claunch,2013). The Cappadocian Fathers of the East, theologians Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nazianzus, and Gregory of Nyssa, played a major role in Greek and Russian Orthodox churches, by looking at the Trinity differently, starting with how the Trinity is experienced individually separate of each other. The East and the West differed in their theology of the Trinity, in the East, they emphasized the three identities of the Trinity, while in the West theologian Augustine of Hippo started with the unity of Trinity, emphasizing being of one God. Theological leaders would point out how well the doctrine is articulated in this spectrum, while being an identifying marker of the pro-Nicene theology. The pro-Nicene theology of both the Latin and Greek is focused on the need of understanding the nature of the Trinity. The term Trinity, is used to show the unity of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. All three very different identities, but all of one God. One of the key truths in Christianity is the Trinity, as it is central to the doctrine of the
In Genesis 1:2, it refers to the Spirit of God hovering over the waters. Starting in Genesis 1:3, it says “and God said”, this is showing the word of God creating, and in John 1:1 it says the word was with God, and the word was God. The doctrine of the Trinity is important as it reflects all aspects of God, and His loving nature, as His desire to commune with His children. In John 3:16 it says, God gave His son, meaning Christ is divine in nature and it was through the Holy Spirit that Mary conceived being a virgin. The Trinity is at work throughout time in God’s plan of salvation, knowing that humans could not save themselves, but needed a spotless offering in their place. The God of heaven and the earth shows His perfection in every way, and it is this perfection that we see in the Christ and the Holy Spirit. For even though they are three different identities they are of one God. Starting in the Old Testament there is many insistences where God refers to himself and the rest of the Trinity as “US” (Grudem,1994). In Genesis 1:36 the Bible says, “let us make mankind in our image”. Here there are “us” and “our” is speaking of the Trinity. In Genesis 3:22 it points out how man has become like “us”, again this verse showing the Trinity, while in Genesis 11:7, it points out the Trinity