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الأربعاء، 1 أبريل 2020
THE STATE OF THE TRINITY TODAY
THE STATE OF THE TRINITY TODAY
Even after centuries of discussion and debate, there is still major disagreement among Trinitarians over the doctrine. The biggest issue relates to the Holy Spirit.
While the council of Constantinople concluded that the Holy Spirit proceeded from the Father, it said nothing concerning the procession of the Holy Spirit from the Son. Here is the last section of the Creed of the Council of Constantinople:
And in the Holy Spirit,
the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father,
who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified.
Note that the second line only specifies the Father. This section of the creed was later translated into Latin with the addition, “and the Son”:
And in the Holy Spirit,
the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son,
who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified.
This addition to the creed, known as the Filioque, divided the Eastern Churches, which believe that the holy spirit proceeds from the Father only and Western Churches which believe that it proceeds from both the Father and the Son. Eastern Churches reject the Filioque because it makes the Holy Spirit a subordinate member of the trinity compromising the co-equality of the Persons. Differences over this doctrine still remain as a point of contention to this day.
Furthermore, trinitarians still walk a tightrope of heresy. To demonstrate, let us consider the question of who suffered and died on the cross, was it God or man? If a Trinitarian claims that it is God who died, then this contradicts the Bible which teaches that God is immortal and cannot die:
“I lift my hand to heaven and solemnly swear: As surely as I live forever” [Deuteronomy 32:40].
This is why many Trinitarians believe that it was only the human side of Jesus that suffered and died, as you cannot crucify the divine nature. However, in doing so, Trinitarians separate the divine nature from the human one at the crucifixion thus violating the creed that was adopted on the Council of Chalcedon which states that Jesus is:
“...acknowledged in Two Natures unconfusedly, unchangeably, indivisibly…”
We can see that every Trinitarian falls into some form of heresy in relation to the crucifixion, either by taking the view that it was the divine side of Jesus that died on the cross, contradicting God’s immortal nature, or by believing that only the human nature of Jesus was crucified, violating the Chalcedonian Creed. Is this really God’s perfect revelation, or is it the fallible teaching of man? God’s true guidance is surely perfect, free of conflict. This problem of holes appearing is a sign the doctrine of the Trinity is man-made. The whole doctrine is a patchwork; it joins things which cannot be joined, and the seams are always showing. Could this really be God’s final revelation, would mankind be left to linger in the darkness of confusion until the Day of Judgement? Our next post will show that God has sent forth a light to guide us back to the truth.
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