https://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Trinity&feed=atom&action=historyTrinity - Revision history2024-03-28T10:03:12ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.24.2https://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Trinity&diff=2033842&oldid=prevConservative: /* Filioque controversy */2024-03-12T22:21:35Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Filioque controversy</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Although <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">it is never made </del>explicit in the [[Bible]]<ref>Many Christians teach that the [[Johannine Comma]] in I John 5:7 supports the view of the Trinity; however, others believe that the Comma was added by later scribes.</ref><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </del>the concept of the Trinity is embraced by the [[Roman Catholic Church]], the [[Orthodox Church]], and nearly all [[Protestantism|Protestant]] denominations, but denied by all [[Unitarianism|Unitarian]]s and "Oneness [[Pentecostal]]s" (such as the United Pentecostal Church).  The name was coined by the Church Father [[Tertullian]] (A.D. 145-220). It is based on inferences from texts emphasizing the closeness of God-the-Father and Jesus (such as Rom. 8:31-34), the role of the Holy Ghost, and especially the baptismal formula in Matt. 28:19</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Although <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">not </ins>explicit in the [[Bible]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">,</ins><ref>Many Christians teach that the [[Johannine Comma]] in I John 5:7 supports the view of the Trinity; however, others believe that the Comma was added by later scribes.</ref> the concept of the Trinity is embraced by the [[Roman Catholic Church]], the [[Orthodox Church]], and nearly all [[Protestantism|Protestant]] denominations, but denied by all [[Unitarianism|Unitarian]]s and "Oneness [[Pentecostal]]s" (such as the United Pentecostal Church).  The name was coined by the Church Father [[Tertullian]] (A.D. 145-220). It is based on inferences from texts emphasizing the closeness of God-the-Father and Jesus (such as Rom. 8:31-34), the role of the Holy Ghost, and especially the baptismal formula in Matt. 28:19</div></td></tr>
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</table>NishantXavierhttps://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Trinity&diff=1616784&oldid=prevDataclarifier: /* Illustrations and analogies */ re failure of analogy of H<sub>2</sub>O - "Water is not simultaneously and always solid ice, liquid water, and vapor in every part and particle."2020-01-27T22:06:18Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Illustrations and analogies: </span> re failure of analogy of <a href="/Water" title="Water">H<sub>2</sub>O</a> - "Water is not simultaneously and always solid ice, liquid water, and vapor in every part and particle."</span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>An excellent [[Mathematics|mathematical]] illustration of the unity of the Trinity is the [[Geometry|geometrical]] form of the [[Triangle|triangular]] three-sided ''[[tetrahedron]]'', a [[Pyramid (geometry)|pyramidal]] construct of a single, indivisible point extending into three [[equilateral]] triangular faces simultaneously united to a single triangular base.<ref>[https://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/tetrahedron.html tetrahedron (mathsisfun.com)]</ref> This is especially evident when an equilateral tetrahedron is made of flawless transparent [[crystal]]. Through any one face of the crystal form each of the other sides is clearly visible. Each of the faces is a distinctly different face (they cannot be the same face) but all of them have exactly the same shape, the same size, and the same substance. What is predicated of any one of them is predicated of each of them. A tetrahedral crystal displayed standing on the flat surface of the jeweler's counter or the shelf of a display case cannot exist without three faces inseparably existing as extending from the single, undivided point of one apex to the same undivided triangular base at its surface or foundation on which it stands: a single crystal, not three, with three faces, not one. No matter how it is turned or rotated, it always looks the same and remains the same.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>An excellent [[Mathematics|mathematical]] illustration of the unity of the Trinity is the [[Geometry|geometrical]] form of the [[Triangle|triangular]] three-sided ''[[tetrahedron]]'', a [[Pyramid (geometry)|pyramidal]] construct of a single, indivisible point extending into three [[equilateral]] triangular faces simultaneously united to a single triangular base.<ref>[https://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/tetrahedron.html tetrahedron (mathsisfun.com)]</ref> This is especially evident when an equilateral tetrahedron is made of flawless transparent [[crystal]]. Through any one face of the crystal form each of the other sides is clearly visible. Each of the faces is a distinctly different face (they cannot be the same face) but all of them have exactly the same shape, the same size, and the same substance. What is predicated of any one of them is predicated of each of them. A tetrahedral crystal displayed standing on the flat surface of the jeweler's counter or the shelf of a display case cannot exist without three faces inseparably existing as extending from the single, undivided point of one apex to the same undivided triangular base at its surface or foundation on which it stands: a single crystal, not three, with three faces, not one. No matter how it is turned or rotated, it always looks the same and remains the same.</div></td></tr>
</table>Dataclarifierhttps://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Trinity&diff=1605252&oldid=prevDataclarifier: /* Denials */ copied to this article material on Monarchianism I had placed in article Holy Spirit2019-12-16T21:13:56Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Denials: </span> copied to this article material on Monarchianism I had placed in article <a href="/Holy_Spirit" title="Holy Spirit">Holy Spirit</a></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Oneness Pentecostals (such as the United Pentecostal Church) also deny the Trinity, and believe that any person baptized "in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit" (which is commonly done in most churches) must be baptized again in "Jesus name only".  (The vast majority of those in the Pentecostal and Charismatic movements support the Trinity.)  Another false teaching on the Trinity is Modalism, which claims the three Persons are actually manifestations of one Person; this view is believed to be the one held by [[T.D. Jakes]] (who refuses to specifically state his views on the Trinity, some argue he does so deliberately so as to pass himself off as orthodox on the Trinity when he is not).</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Oneness Pentecostals (such as the United Pentecostal Church) also deny the Trinity, and believe that any person baptized "in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit" (which is commonly done in most churches) must be baptized again in "Jesus name only".  (The vast majority of those in the Pentecostal and Charismatic movements support the Trinity.)  Another false teaching on the Trinity is Modalism, which claims the three Persons are actually manifestations of one Person; this view is believed to be the one held by [[T.D. Jakes]] (who refuses to specifically state his views on the Trinity, some argue he does so deliberately so as to pass himself off as orthodox on the Trinity when he is not).</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">See the following '''Christian Monarchian''' articles against [[Trinity|Trinitarianism]]:</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">*[http://www.jesus-messiah.com/apologetics/catholic/trinity.html '''The Trinity Doctrine Is Pagan: The Trinitarian Heresy of the Council of Nicaea'''", By Pastor G. Reckart, Pastor  (jesus-messiah.com)]</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Read '''[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+14%3A10-23&version=KJV John 14:10-23 (KJV)]'''; '''[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+15%3A26&version=KJV 15:26]'''; and '''[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+16%3A7-15&version=KJV 16:7-15 (KJV)]'''. <br> [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+1%3A26&version=KJV Genesis 1:26]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+11%3A7&version=KJV 11:7]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+48%3A16-17&version=KJV Isaiah 48:16-17]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+61%3A1&version=KJV 61:1]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+3%3A16-17&version=KJV Matthew 3:16-17]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+28%3A19&version=KJV 28:19]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+1%3A35&version=KJV Luke 1:35]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+3%3A21-22&version=KJV 3:21-22]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+10%3A38&version=KJV Acts 10:38]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+8%3A9&version=KJV Romans 8:9], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+8%3A11&version=KJV 8:11]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+15%3A30&version=KJV 15:30]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+12%3A4-6&version=KJV 1&nbsp;Corinthians 12:4-6]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Corinthians+1%3A21-22&version=KJV 2&nbsp;Corinthians 1:21-22]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Corinthians+13%3A14&version=KJV 13:14]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Galatians+4%3A6&version=KJV Galatians 4:6]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+4%3A4-6&version=KJV Ephesians 4:4-6]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Titus+3%3A4-6&version=KJV Titus 3:4-6]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+9%3A14&version=KJV Hebrews 9:14]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Peter+1%3A2&version=KJV 1&nbsp;Peter 1:2]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jude+1%3A20-21&version=KJV Jude 20-21]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+3%3A21-22&version=KJV Revelation 3:21-22].</ins></div></td></tr>
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</table>Dataclarifierhttps://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Trinity&diff=1604188&oldid=prevDataclarifier: /* Illustrations and analogies */ added to example of inward awareness of self - " and is personally aware of it with conscious self-knowledge"2019-12-13T19:57:00Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Illustrations and analogies: </span> added to example of inward awareness of self - " and is personally aware of it with conscious self-knowledge"</span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the same way, God exists as the three distinct but united whole persons of one divine being, utterly unique.<ref>"unique" means the only one, one-of-a-kind. See [http://www.biblehub.com/multi/isaiah/45-21.htm Isaiah 45:21] and [http://www.biblehub.com/multi/isaiah/45-22.htm Isaiah 45:22]</ref> God is the Uncreated Holy ''Good'',<ref>The word "good" was originally the Old English and Middle English word "God".</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the same way, God exists as the three distinct but united whole persons of one divine being, utterly unique.<ref>"unique" means the only one, one-of-a-kind. See [http://www.biblehub.com/multi/isaiah/45-21.htm Isaiah 45:21] and [http://www.biblehub.com/multi/isaiah/45-22.htm Isaiah 45:22]</ref> God is the Uncreated Holy ''Good'',<ref>The word "good" was originally the Old English and Middle English word "God".</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>An excellent [[Mathematics|mathematical]] illustration of the unity of the Trinity is the [[Geometry|geometrical]] form of the [[Triangle|triangular]] three-sided ''[[tetrahedron]]'', a [[Pyramid (geometry)|pyramidal]] construct of a single, indivisible point extending into three [[equilateral]] triangular faces simultaneously united to a single triangular base<ref>[https://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/tetrahedron.html tetrahedron (mathsisfun.com)]</ref><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. </del>This is especially evident when an equilateral tetrahedron is made of flawless transparent [[crystal]]. Through any one face of the crystal form each of the other sides is clearly visible. Each of the faces is a distinctly different face (they cannot be the same face) but all of them have exactly the same shape, the same size, and the same substance. What is predicated of any one of them is predicated of each of them. A tetrahedral crystal displayed standing on the flat surface of the jeweler's counter or the shelf of a display case cannot exist without three faces inseparably existing as extending from the single, undivided point of one apex to the same undivided triangular base at its surface or foundation on which it stands: a single crystal, not three, with three faces, not one. No matter how it is turned or rotated, it always looks the same and remains the same.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>An excellent [[Mathematics|mathematical]] illustration of the unity of the Trinity is the [[Geometry|geometrical]] form of the [[Triangle|triangular]] three-sided ''[[tetrahedron]]'', a [[Pyramid (geometry)|pyramidal]] construct of a single, indivisible point extending into three [[equilateral]] triangular faces simultaneously united to a single triangular base<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">.</ins><ref>[https://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/tetrahedron.html tetrahedron (mathsisfun.com)]</ref> This is especially evident when an equilateral tetrahedron is made of flawless transparent [[crystal]]. Through any one face of the crystal form each of the other sides is clearly visible. Each of the faces is a distinctly different face (they cannot be the same face) but all of them have exactly the same shape, the same size, and the same substance. What is predicated of any one of them is predicated of each of them. A tetrahedral crystal displayed standing on the flat surface of the jeweler's counter or the shelf of a display case cannot exist without three faces inseparably existing as extending from the single, undivided point of one apex to the same undivided triangular base at its surface or foundation on which it stands: a single crystal, not three, with three faces, not one. No matter how it is turned or rotated, it always looks the same and remains the same.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>And just as a tetrahedron has a stable vertical configuration because of its [[Triangle|triangular]] base, likewise, any large object, or sturdy, movable, stationary, horizontal supportive platform, which stands firmly on uneven, basically level ground, with an equilateral triangular base of three equidistant points of contact, legs or feet (where a [[square]] base of four equidistant points of contact with uneven ground can wobble or tilt), having a measurable height not more than its width, and an upper structure or surface not extending its outward edges beyond bounds more broad or extensive than its base, has the most stable physical configuration, with a stable center of gravity, and the most reliable safety for those on such a platform, who depend on its help to stand securely without any danger of falling.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>And just as a tetrahedron has a stable vertical configuration because of its [[Triangle|triangular]] base, likewise, any large object, or sturdy, movable, stationary, horizontal supportive platform, which stands firmly on uneven, basically level ground, with an equilateral triangular base of three equidistant points of contact, legs or feet (where a [[square]] base of four equidistant points of contact with uneven ground can wobble or tilt), having a measurable height not more than its width, and an upper structure or surface not extending its outward edges beyond bounds more broad or extensive than its base, has the most stable physical configuration, with a stable center of gravity, and the most reliable safety for those on such a platform, who depend on its help to stand securely without any danger of falling.</div></td></tr>
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