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Essay / The Meaning of the Trinity Doctrine in Christianity...
THE MEANING OF THE TRINITY DOCTRINE IN CHRISTAINITY AND ISLAMThe Trinity Doctrine is one of the most difficult aspects of life Christian. Some people may glance at it, believing that such study will encourage them in their faith and belief. Others are concerned about the Islamic belief in the doctrine of the Trinity, which makes it a trinithesis. For a monotheistic religion like Islam, Christian and Hindi, it is both inappropriate and non-ideological to believe in any idea of three gods. In Christianity, the doctrine of the Trinity accepts that God is One, implying that God, the Son and the Holy Spirit are one, existing in three persons: Jesus Christ the son revealed himself as the Father in a passage from the Bible, and the Holy Spirit, the bond of love between Jesus and the father. The concept of the Holy Trinity has for many centuries given rise to serious conflict in its definition by different religions and scholars. Christians believe in the Trinity, and a Christian also believes in God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Some people may even believe in the wonders of the Holy Spirit. However, if someone does not believe in the orthodox concept of the doctrine of the Trinity, then that person cannot be considered a Christian. However, Trinitarian theology is not easy to understand completely. This is one of those mysteries of faith. In Islam, the belief that God is One, and unlike Christians, such a concept is a denial of the religion which asserts that monotheism is the practice of one God. The Quran has repeatedly affirmed that God is One. People of the Book, do not go to excess in your religion, and say nothing about God except the truth: the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, with... .... middle of paper...... revealed in Jesus Christ (Murad). Mohammed is seen as the one who wrote the revelation entrusted to him by the angel Gabriel; Jesus is one, who was himself the definitive revelation of God (Murad). Classical Christian theology holds that, as God incarnate, Jesus reveals God and makes possible his restoration through his saving death and resurrection. Islamic criticism of the doctrine of the Trinity addresses a more fundamental concern regarding the identity of Jesus Christ himself (McGrath 204). For many Muslims in the world today, Jesus was a prophet to them and not an incarnation of God as Christianity believes. The doctrine of the Trinity has never been considered to compromise or contradict the unity of God. The Trinity, to put it as simply as possible, is ultimately the distillation and correlation of the Christian tradition's immensely rich teaching on the nature of God..