Distinction of Persons in the Trinity: A "Brief" Three-Fold Discussion
Distinction of Persons in the Trinity: A "Brief" Three-Fold Discussion " For as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself " Jn. 5:26 Among many lay Christians, a common set of errors is usually said about the Trinity. These range from saying (improperly) that the persons of the Trinity are united to the essence (this entails composition in God), to treating the persons and the essence as four separate entities, and even misunderstanding how the persons are distinguished in the godhead. Unfortunately, because most lay Christians get their theology from YouTube videos and heated online discussions, they are often left with incorrect views about the most foundational aspects of the Christian faith. Here, I wanted to provide a brief and succinct exposition of how the persons of the Trinity are distinguished. Why? Because apart from the catholic understanding of how persons are distinguished, we are left with the consequ...