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This one is going to need some work. Trinitarians of course think that their thinking goes back to Christ, and is hinted at in the Old Testament, and that Arianism was the fourth century innovation. What happened in the fourth century was just a clarification of the existing teaching in order to better highlight Arius's errors. Also, we need to figure out how to divide material between Trinity, trinitarianism, and nontrinitarianism. Wesley 16:58, 8 Oct 2004 (UTC)
The lead sentence is incorrect:
Trinitarianism is the Christian doctrine that God, although one being, exists in three distinct persons (hypostases) known collectively as the Holy Trinity.
hypostasis does not translate as person
greek->latin->english
hypostasis->substantia->hypostasis (hidden spiritual reality)
prosopa->persona->person (persona would be more correct)
Correction: substantia is Latin for Greek Ousios (English substance). I don't know how the Latins translate the Greek hypostasis, they may have just taken it directly as a technical word, which it is. Its meaning in Greek is fairly vague and subject to great debate.
Seems to me Trinitarianism can be expressed in modern English as: One God in Three People: the Father, the Son and the Spirit. There are lots of other technical terms for sure, see the history of the Roman councils, but as a summary of what is actually a fairly complex subject, I think it serves well. Technically One God in Three Personas would be more accurate but I suspect most English Trinitarians would find that awkward.
This page shouldn't need to exist; it should redirect to Trinity, in my opinion. Anyway, it appears to be a non-trinitarian page on the doctrine of the trinity. Perhaps the material should be merged with Antitrinitarianism — Mkmcconn (Talk) 22:03, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
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This one is going to need some work. Trinitarians of course think that their thinking goes back to Christ, and is hinted at in the Old Testament, and that Arianism was the fourth century innovation. What happened in the fourth century was just a clarification of the existing teaching in order to better highlight Arius's errors. Also, we need to figure out how to divide material between Trinity, trinitarianism, and nontrinitarianism. Wesley 16:58, 8 Oct 2004 (UTC)
The lead sentence is incorrect:
Trinitarianism is the Christian doctrine that God, although one being, exists in three distinct persons (hypostases) known collectively as the Holy Trinity.
hypostasis does not translate as person
greek->latin->english
hypostasis->substantia->hypostasis (hidden spiritual reality)
prosopa->persona->person (persona would be more correct)
Correction: substantia is Latin for Greek Ousios (English substance). I don't know how the Latins translate the Greek hypostasis, they may have just taken it directly as a technical word, which it is. Its meaning in Greek is fairly vague and subject to great debate.
Seems to me Trinitarianism can be expressed in modern English as: One God in Three People: the Father, the Son and the Spirit. There are lots of other technical terms for sure, see the history of the Roman councils, but as a summary of what is actually a fairly complex subject, I think it serves well. Technically One God in Three Personas would be more accurate but I suspect most English Trinitarians would find that awkward.
This page shouldn't need to exist; it should redirect to Trinity, in my opinion. Anyway, it appears to be a non-trinitarian page on the doctrine of the trinity. Perhaps the material should be merged with Antitrinitarianism — Mkmcconn (Talk) 22:03, 15 July 2005 (UTC)