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Trinity
From Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium
The Trinity is a theological concept that makes the claim that the Christian God is three distinct persons--Father, Son, and Holy Spirit--yet is entirely whole or one. This is a doctrine that arises out of the reconciling of various passages of Scripture, some claiming that God is one, and many claiming each the Father, Son (Jesus), and the Holy Spirit are God. It arose in earliest Christianity and was affirmed by the earliest Ecumenical Church Councils.
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History
Church councils and early debate
Filioque controversy
Scriptural support
Variants
Sabellianism, Unitarianism, Godhead (LDS)
