Who is the Christian Trinity?

The Trinity is the ruah, God the Spirit, who is first mentioned in Genesis, the Spirit who broods over the deep as co-architect of Creation, the Spirit who is the action generator of life, of humanity -- of persons and personhood.

God the Spirit

The Trinity is God as a loving Father who guides and sculpts the Hebrew experience, providing structure and laws, while making a friend of Abraham, and of Moses, creating relationships unique to each person, with Hannah, Samuel, David, and Solomon -- forming a covenant with the Hebrews so that they would be his people and he would be their God.

God the Father

The Trinity is Jesus Christ, the subject and object of Scripture, sent by the Father and empowered by the Spirit, who through his personality and life on earth becomes the entry point for persons to find forgiveness of sin, and entrust themselves to the process of becoming Christlike.

God the Son

It is that first person, ruah, the Spirit of God, whom we now know as the Holy Spirit. That same Spirit who brooded over creation is now our Comforter and Friend, who was promised by the Son and sent by the Father to indwell all who receive Christ, quickening their trust in the Trinity, inspiring their development as persons, and strengthening their capacity to love both God and other people. 

God the Holy Spirit

Compass Psychotheology proposes that Christ in his essence, as both the Son of God and Son of Man, serves as humanity’s connection point to the Father and the Holy Spirit. For human beings to understand and participate more fully in the life of the Trinity, Three Persons in One God, the starting point is Jesus.

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TRUSTING IN THE TRINITY:

Compass Psychotheology Applied

Trusting in The Trinity