In the one divine Person of the Word, Christ is truly God and truly man—two natures united “without confusion, change, division, or separation.”
This article examines the doctrine of the Holy Trinity in eleven sections, with special attention to the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) and a foundation in the theology of St. Thomas Aquinas. The subdivisions of this article are: the Doctrine of the Trinity; the Trinity in Scripture; the Trinity in the Early Church; the Analogy of the Word and Love; the Father and the Son, the Son and the Holy Spirit; Relations in the Trinity; the Missions of the Divine Persons ; Appropriation; Knowledge of the Trinity as Necessary for Salvation; and The Real Effect of this Doctrine on Our Lives.
Theodicy strives to reconcile three realities: God’s omnipotence, God’s justice, and the fact that people still suffer and die.
A theological note (nota theologica) is a brief description of how a proposition relates to divine revelation.
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