Catholics believe that God is a trinity. This means that God is composed of three persons, who together exist as one substance. While this version of the one true God may be sound according to scripture and the writings of the early theologians, is it sound according to philosophical principals? I have reason to believe that it is not. If God exists as a trinity according to Catholicism, than it is logical to say that it pertains to the divine nature to exist as three personalities composing one god. In that case, the concept of the trinity would be prior in nature to God himself. This is because the Trinitarian version of God maintains that God is necessarily composed of three persons, and if God is necessarily composed of three persons, then there must be an entity prior to God necessitating the trinity aspect of God. The one true God should not be bounded by any kind of nature prior to itself. The one true God should exist as one being, one consciousness, and the first cause of all that is. Can anyone argue with this?
Nicene Creed:
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father,
God from God, light from light, true God from true God,
begotten, not made, one in Being with the Father.
For us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven,
By the power of the Holy Spirit he was born of the Virgin Mary and became man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;
He suffered, died and was buried.
On the third day he rose again in fulfillment of the Scriptures;
He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,
and his kingdom will have no end.
We believe 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 worshiped and glorified.
Who has spoken through the prophets.
We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.
We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.
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