Publication: The Understanding Of Filipino Christian On The Doctrine Of Trinity And Incarnation
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Date
2014
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Center for Promoting Ideas, USA.
Abstract
This paper utilizes a content study to clarify the understanding of Filipino Christian on the
doctrine of Trinity and incarnation, and it will clarify the Origin of Trinity, God one in three
person, the three persons but same essence or nature, the relationship between God the
Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, the essence of the Father is in the Son and Holy Spirit,
God is not splitting into three parts, the divine persons do not exist side by side in the divine
world, the Trinity no one is greater, less, separate nor subordinate one to the other, Jesus
could not separate from the Father and Holy Spirit, Jesus as God the creator and it will
explains how Jesus Christ became a man based on Filipino Christian understanding on this
matter.The tendency of giving priority to discuss the understanding of Filipino Christians on
the doctrine of the Trinity and incarnation is to clarify and trace the hidden and explore the
reality of Trinity. To address this limitation, an analytical study is conceived to foreground
the understanding of the Filipino Christian theologians on the doctrine of trinity and
incarnation, as official religion by the government and Christian majority. The objectives of
this study is to identify and trace the development of trinity, to understand and categorize of
its reality, to summarize and synthesize the views of the Christian theologian, and to forward
analytical framework of the doctrine of the trinity and incarnation.
DiscourseAnalysis will use in this study in order to identify the elements of the trinity, conte
xtualizing andexamining the factors that shaped trinity and incarnation, synthesizing and und
erstanding/confirming/clarifying the reality of the trinity from the others, summarizing the
views of the others, quoting/citing the statements of Christian theologians. At the end, the
study singles out that the understanding of the Filipino Christians on the trinity and
incarnation no dichotomy to disconnect its teaching to each other and no contradictory
between them. The differences only rely upon to its expressions, explanation and
terminologies utilized for the sake of understanding, confirming and clarifying.
Description
Volume: 2 No: 1 (page: 75-91)
Keywords
Filipino Christian, Trinity; Father, Son, Holy Spirit, Incarnation