Christian Understanding of Trinity3
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TRINITY : M. M. NINAN<br />
7. New Testament Trinity<br />
Spirit. Salvation is in the teaching <strong>of</strong> all these names as one<br />
name.<br />
Jesus declared that<br />
"I and the Father are one [hen]." John 10:30<br />
The word used is here is hen the unity in plurality whereby Jesus<br />
identified himself with the Father.<br />
In contrast the word monos (one in number) is used in the<br />
following statement <strong>of</strong> Jesus, where Jesus identifies eternal life<br />
with knowing the Father.<br />
"This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only [monos]<br />
true God" John 17:3<br />
In the High Priestly prayer Jesus says:<br />
John 17:21 that they may all be one; even as thou, Father, art in<br />
me, and I in thee, that they also may be in us, so that the world<br />
may believe that thou hast sent me. The glory which You have<br />
given Me I have given to them, that they may be one [hen], just<br />
as We are one [hen]"<br />
Here Jesus describes the unity within the Church as one with the<br />
unity within the Trinity. In fact it goes beyond that. In the<br />
redemption even the believers are joined to Christ as unity.<br />
Redemption is becoming like Christ in Christ.<br />
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