Trinity review

What is the name for the key Catholic belief this diagram represents?

Answer explanation

Catholicism teaches that there are three distinct Persons to this one God and that these three Persons form a unity. This belief is called the doctrine of the Trinity: God the Father - the creator and sustainer of all things. God the Son - the incarnation of God as a human being, Jesus Christ, on Earth.

The dove represents the

• Holy Spirit

• God the Father

• Jesus

• The Pope

Answer explanation

The Dove is a symbol for the Holy Spirit inspired by Jesus’s baptism. The dove has been used among many Christian denominations as a symbol for the Holy Spirit as well as a general symbol for peace, purity, and new beginnings.

The Significance of the Dove as a Symbol.

Taking all three of these examples into consideration, the Jewish people would have known and understood the symbolism of the dove from Old Testament stories and teachings. For the Spirit to descend upon Jesus in the form of a dove at His baptism was a public display of Christ’s divinity, a confirmation of His anointing, and a connection between His ministry and previous symbols of the dove (Matthew 3:16, Mark 1:10, Luke 3:22, John 1:32).

Draw an image of the Trinity with all three parts. Add notes and label

What year did the First council of Nicaea develop the idea of the Trinity? Clue - it is in the first 500 years after Jesus died.

Answer explanation

The word 'trinity' appears nowhere in the Bible; the concept was finalized at the First Council of Nicaea in 325 CE after years of debate. It was an attempt to articulate Christianity's belief in the oneness of God with their claims about Jesus and their experiences of the spirit.

Is there a special Sunday we celebrate the Trinity?

• No

• We do it at Easter

• Yes

• At Christmas time

Answer explanation

Pentecost is the Christian festival celebrating the descent of the Holy Spirit on the disciples of Jesus after his Ascension, held on the seventh Sunday after Easter.

Pentecost is when the (one of the parts of the Trinity) ..................... came down and the Apostles spoke in tongues.

Answer explanation

Pentecost ( always commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles and other disciples following the Crucifixion, Resurrection, and Ascension of Jesus Christ (Acts of the Apostles, chapter 2), and it marks the beginning of the Christian church's mission to the world.

It commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles and other disciples following the Crucifixion, Resurrection, and Ascension of Jesus Christ (Acts of the Apostles, chapter 2), and it marks the beginning of the Christian church's mission to the world.

The doctrine of belief there is only God ( That Catholics are one of three religions who believe this) is called?

• Monochromatic

• Mononucleosis

• Monotheism

• Monopoly