Here's the official explanation by a so-called "expert" in trinitarian theology:
Jesus is God, The Father is God, and The spirit is God
The father, son, and spirit are not the same person
There is One God
The spirit precedes from the father and the son is begotten of the father
Does this finally clarify the trinity?
My Answer:
Correct, that's Trinitarianism in a nutshell. That diagram is the Scutum Fidei meaning "Shield of the Faith."However, it is diametrically opposed to Jesus Christ's own declaration at John 17:1-5, that the Father person is "the only true God." Thus, the God of the person Jesus is one person, the Father.
The Father resurrected Jesus from the grave and exalted him to a position Jesus did have before his earthly sojourn. Therefore, the Trinitarian Scutum Fidei is a misrepresentation of Biblical monotheism.
Source(s):
- What a tangled web we weave... http://jimspace3000.blogspot.com/2010/04/what-tangled-web-we-weave.html
- Trinitarian symbology and mechanics: http://jimspace3000.blogspot.com/2010/06/recently-here-have-been-blogging-on.html
- Hebrews 5:7 and Trinitarianism: A Compatibility Crisis http://jimspace3000.blogspot.com/2012/09/hebrews-57-and-trinitarianism_11.html
