What Is the Trinity?
Overview
What is the Trinity? carefully explains the doctrine of the Trinity, stressing that Christians worship one God who manifests himself in three distinct persons. He shows what the Bible teaches about the Trinity and outlines the chief errors Christians make in regard to this crucial doctrine. Above all, he affirms that while this truth is difficult to understand, it is not contradictory. Rather, it is a beautiful expression of the biblical teaching on the nature of God.
Top Highlights
“Augustine once wrote, ‘The New [Testament] is in the Old [Testament] concealed; the Old is in the New revealed.’” (Page 10)
“Progressive revelation is not a corrective, whereby the latest unveiling from God rectifies a previous mistaken revelation. Rather, new revelation builds on what was given in the past, expanding what God has made known.” (Page 11)
“We have to understand that the distinctions in the Godhead do not refer to His essence; they do not refer to a fragmentation or compartmentalization of the very being of God.” (Page 10)
“However, while the name Elohim has a plural ending, it always appears with singular verb forms” (Page 7)
“, monotheism conveys the idea that there is only one God” (Page 2)
- Title: What Is the Trinity?
- Author: R. C. Sproul
- Series: The Crucial Questions Series
- Volume: 10
- Publisher: Reformation Trust
- Print Publication Date: 2011
- Logos Release Date: 2014
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Trinity
- ISBNs: 9781567692594, 1567692591
- Resource ID: LLS:WHATISTHETRINITY
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T03:44:10Z
R. C. Sproul (1939– 2017) was a respected teacher, theologian, pastor. He was the founder and chairman of Ligonier Ministries where he served as executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.
Sproul held degrees from Westminster College, Pittsburgh-Xenia Theological Seminary, Free University of Amsterdam, and Whitefield Theological Seminary. He taught at several colleges and seminaries including Reformed Theological Seminary and Knox Theological Seminary. He served as senior minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew’s Chapel, in Sanford, Florida. Sproul’s teaching can be heard daily on the ‘Renewing Your Mind’ radio broadcast which plays in over 40 countries.
Sproul wrote over 70 books and articles including the classic The Holiness of God and several theological articles in Tabletalk magazine.