Your assignment is to prepare and submit a paper on the mystery of holy trinity in christianity.

Your assignment is to prepare and submit a paper on the mystery of holy trinity in christianity. The doctrine of the Trinity apart from being the central doctrine of the Catholic Church also holds an important place in the history of the Christian Church as a whole. In the Council of Nicaea (325 AD), the matter of the Trinity was reaffirmed by the Church as the fundamental doctrine of the Christian faith, hence rejecting the teachings of Arianism that held that since Jesus was begotten of the Father, He is not of equal status in divinity but was a created being. Arianism also held that since Jesus was created, He was not co-eternal with the Father. The Athanasian Creed that proceeded from the decision of the Council of Nicaea affirmed the doctrine of the Trinity. It succinctly states in its relevant part thus:

“And the Catholic Faith is this, that we worship one God in Trinity and Trinity in Unity. Neither confounding the Persons nor dividing the Substance. For there is one Person of the Father, another of the Son, and another of the Holy Ghost. But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son and the Holy Ghost is all One, the Glory Equal, the Majesty Co-Eternal.”

By its affirmation of the co-eternality of the Godhead consisting of three Person – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – the Arian teaching that Jesus was created being was put to rest.

The doctrine of the Trinity is so fundamental to the extent that a rejection of the Trinity is tantamount to a rejection of the Christian faith as evidenced in the provisions of the Athanasian Creed.

Though the word ‘Trinity’ does not appear in the Bible, the doctrine of the Trinity is based on biblical provisions both in the New Testament and the Old Testament. Perhaps, the clearest reference to the doctrine of the Trinity in scripture can be found in Matthew 28:19 “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and the Holy Spirit”.