Trinity

[Trebor135]

Isn’t the water analogy modalism (a heresy)?

Indeed.

A far better analogy I’ve heard compares the trinity with the sun. I hope someone knowledgeable here will be able to give a clear and concise explanation (I read about the analogy too long ago and I don’t recall exactly where).

 

[hockeyfan]

Isn’t the water analogy modalism (a heresy)?

Not as I meant it. I was using it as a way to explain how they are different, but still God. I would not say that they are God expressing himself in different way. Instead, I would say that the water has different properties in its different states. I was using its different states as a metaphor for God’s different expressions. The water as a whole for God, and the states as the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. As with most analogies, they don’t his it in every single aspect. Still, it is a simple way to explain it.

 

[jesusmylover]

Can someone explain the Trinity in a clear way? Please don’t just name a book; I already have a few books on the subject. How is it that the Father is God and that the Son is God, but the Father is not the Son? That seems to imply that identity is not transitive, that the Trinity is expressing modalism, or that the Father and Son are only part of God. But the doctrine rejects the last two options and the first would put the Trinity at odds with the basis of logic (and language).

Thanks for help.

In Mathematics, your teacher told you that 1 + 1 +1 = 3
But in Theology, 1 +1 + 1 = 1

It’s three in One, three persons in the Same. If you remember the baptism of Jesus you can understand better : The voice of Father in the sky, Jesus who was receiving the baptism, and The holly spirit under the dove form.

Do you understand better?