It was the use of the third person that confused me utterly in third grade, when we began to discuss the Trinity. We understood, if vaguely, the first person, the original idea, the progenitor, the ...

“How would your life be different if God were not triune?” That’s an essential question on Trinity Sunday. But it’s not the first question. No, the first thing to ask is “What does it mean that God is ...

VATICAN CITY — On the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, Pope Francis said unity is essential to Christian life because God is a communion of love. “This mystery of the Trinity was revealed to us by ...

I have made some theological errors over the years. Here are two of my earliest. Before I started parochial school, I thought that God was the blue-starred, triangular pattern in the center ceiling of ...

How many of us have rejoiced or lamented being identified simply as the brother, sister, mother, cousin or friend of another? Have said to ourselves, "I want to be known for who I am, not defined by ...

Editor’s Note: In this excerpt from Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places (Eerdmans, 2005) Eugene Peterson discusses the importance of the Trinity—and stimulates fresh ideas for preachers. Baptism ...

Q. 180. What does "unity," and what does "trinity" mean? A. "Unity" means being one, and "trinity" means three-fold or three in one. Q. 181. Can we find an example to fully illustrate the mystery of ...

How many of us have rejoiced or lamented being identified simply as the brother, sister, mother, cousin or friend of another? Have said to ourselves, "I want to be known for who I am, not defined by ...

Explain the Trinity? We can’t even begin. We can only accept it—a mystery, disclosed in Scripture. It should be no surprise that the triune Being of God baffles our finite minds. We should be ...