triune God

• trinity in the bible

  - Mark and Matthews account of the Baptism match.

  - trinity involved in salvation

  - Galatians shows Christians as children of God call God father "God sent spirit of his son into our hearts crying abba father"

  - on cross says "forgive them father"
• heresies

  Arianism = only father is eternal

  Jesus not actually human
• trinity and God's love


  - St Augustine= love can't be own must be a giver and a reciever inward love of trinity united in love

  Father = lover. Son= beloved. spirit = love that binds them

  
  

  - Catherine la Cugna = outward love of the trinity. love between father and son flows onto creation.
• council of Nicaea


  father and son coexist so equal.
• Council of Constantinople


  Holy spirit 3rd person
• Baptism


  - sign of initiation member of church

  - join in with Jesus's death and resurrection

  - "father, son Holy spirit".

  - pledge to join God

  - fills Holy Spirit
• prayer


  - conversation between God

  - communication

  - highest form --> death of Christ

  - traditional - set prayer, passed down through generation

  spontaneous - no set format or words

  reasosn
• reasons for traditional prayer

  - don't have to come up with own words mind goes deeper to seek comfort
• reasons for spontaneous prayer

  - more sincere and personal, individual relationships comes from heart.
• types of postures


  kneel - humility and forgiveness

  genuflecting - respect real presence of Christ

  prostrating - submission to God ordination

  standing - respect

  raised arm - praise and glory

  joined hands - pleading
• mission and evangelism


  mission = action

  evangelism = preaching
• mass setting


  style of music that acclimation is set to
• Catholic church uses music to praise God

  - inspires and unites

  - joyous or solemn

  "adds delight to prayer"
• types of music


  psalms - poetry, mass, divine office

  plainchant - ancient, monks, mass

  traditional hymns - praise God, help connections

  contemporary - modern and upbeat
• acclimations


  Gloria - "glory to God in the highest"

  Alleluia - "praise God" joy and triumph presence of Christ

  Sanctus - "holy holy lord of hosts "before eucharist prayer

  mystery of faith - acknowledges salvation of Christ
• trinity in the bible

  Deuteronomy - "the lord alone" shows only one God 3 separate persons but still one God.

  
  

  Baptism - Spirit = dove, father = "this is my son with whom i am well pleased". Son = Jesus trinity co exists.

  
  

  Genesis - father= creator, Son = "the word was God" - created universe with words. Spirit = "spirit hovered over the waters"
• Nicene creed


  - disproves heresies

  - father = "father almighty creator of heaven and earth"

  - Son = also eternal fully human and divine "born of the father before all ages"