Understanding the Holy Trinity

How would God describe Himself?

• Athanasian Creed

• Blessed Trinity

• Divine missions

• Fruits of the Holy Spirit

Originally a Jewish harvest feast that happened fifty days after Passover, this was the day when Jesus’ promise to send the Holy Spirit was fulfilled.

• Athanasian Creed

• Blessed Trinity

• Divine missions

• Pentecost

Named by St. Paul in the letter to the Galatians. Four examples are joy, peace, patience, and self-control.

• Athanasian Creed

• Fruits of the Holy Spirit

• Gifts of the Holy Spirit

• Immanent Trinity

Meaning “wind” or “breath” and often used in the Old Testament to speak of God’s mysterious, powerful, and life-giving presence.

• Ruah

• Substance

• Salvific (or Economic) Trinity

• Immanent Trinity

The early Church summarized the relationship of Divine Persons in this text, which focuses on an understanding of the Immanent Trinity.

• Athanasian Creed

• Divine missions

• Salvific (or Economic) Trinity

• Substance

God’s revelation of the Immanent Trinity, with a focus on what God does, or how God acts in the world.

• Divine missions

• Gifts of the Holy Spirit

• Salvific (or Economic) Trinity

• Substance

The mystery that there is only one God, but that there are three Divine Persons in this one God.

• Athanasian Creed

• Blessed Trinity

• Divine missions

• Substance

A special outpouring of these comes to those who received the Sacrament of Confirmation.

• Divine missions

• Fruits of the Holy Spirit

• Gifts of the Holy Spirit

• Immanent Trinity

The distinctive works of God’s saving intervention in the word: creation, Salvation, and sanctification.

• Divine missions

• Fruits of the Holy Spirit

• Salvific (or Economic) Trinity

• Substance

What word is used to mean "nature" or "essence" when describing the unity of God?

• Substance

• Essence

• Nature

• Trinity