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GCSE Religious Studies · key term
In teaching about the Trinity, a distinct divine identity: the Father, the Son or the Holy Spirit. Each is fully God, not a separate god or a part of God.
Used by Edexcel
Specification 1.2 · Paper 1, Paper 2
Revise: Biblical Understandings of the TrinityCatholics believe that God is a Trinity: one God in three distinct Persons, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Each Person is fully God and shares the same divine nature. They are not three separate gods, nor does each possess only one third of God.
Specification 1.2 · Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3
For Matthew 3:13–17, connect each detail to a Person: Jesus is the Son, the descending Spirit is the Holy Spirit, and the heavenly voice is the Father.
Explain why the baptism supports Trinitarian belief, rather than simply retelling the event: the three Persons are revealed distinctly within the same event.
Avoid describing the Persons as three gods, three parts of God or one Person changing roles.
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In teaching about the Trinity, a distinct Father, Son or Holy Spirit, rather than a separate god or a part of God.
Catholics believe that God is a Trinity: one God in three distinct Persons, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. ‘Person’ here does not mean a separate human individual. Each Person is fully God, possessing the same divine nature.
