Theodicy Soteriology, Hermeneutics

TRINITY : M. M. NINAN
Others who tried to express the trinity in the experiencial and redemptive work were more successful.
One excellent example is the Trinity a stained glass window of David J Hetland's in Trinity Lutheran
Church in Moorhead, Minnesota,
1. Why God should be a Unity?
Philosophical & Logical Reasons For Trinity
Before we go into an analysis of trinity we need to look into the reasons for the concept that God is a
unity. There are several religions in the world, which declares that God is one. The basic declaration
of the Old Testament is:
"Hear O Israel the Lord your God is One God"
(The Christian understanding of this statement will be explained in due course.)
Theologically the reasoning for this basic need runs as follows:
First: Every effect has a cause. Thus if we go backward in the series we will come to a final cause,
which we call God.
Secondly in the sovereignty hierarchy, there has to be a series starting at any point to another who is
more powerful than the one preceding, leading to one omnipotent God. And if there are more than
one holding the same power there will be constant warfare and conflict. Hence one of them will have
to be more dominant than the other.
Now let us examine the first reasoning. This series is an infinite series, which cannot be terminated
without making the assumption that there was a cause initially which was without a cause. Thus God
himself must be self-existent. But then this truncation could have been made at any point. Thus we
can actually have three basic systems:
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