“The mind of man cannot fully understand the mystery of the Trinity. He who has tried to understand the mystery fully will lose his mind; but he who would deny the Trinity will lose his soul.”
Harold Lindsell and Charles J. Woodbridge, A Handbook of Christian Truth (Westwood, NJ: F. H. Revell, 1953), 51-52.
The Trinity
The Mystery & the Necessity
The Mystery
“The mind of man cannot fully understand the mystery of the Trinity. He who has tried to understand the mystery fully will lose his mind; but he who would deny the Trinity will lose his soul.”
Harold Lindsell and Charles J. Woodbridge, A
Handbook of Christian Truth (Westwood, NJ: F. H. Revell, 1953), 51-52.
This trenchant statement summarizes both the
mystery and the centrality of the Trinity to biblical Christianity. God’s self-revelation as Trinity is implied and progressive in the Old Testament and clearly, widely, and repeatedly presented in the New. The goal of this one day class is to consider an overview of the Trinity in the Bible and in Church history as well as its importance to a Christian’s salvation, his daily life, and the function of the local church.
The Necessity
“The doctrine of the Trinity is the central dogma of Christian theology, the fundamental grammar of our knowledge of God.”
Thomas F. Torrance, Trinitarian Perspectives (T&T Clark, 1994), p. 1.
Meet the Speaker
Dr. Tom Marinello is Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology at Tyndale Theological Seminary in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. One of his several interests is in early church history, the time period where much about the Trinity was decided. He will be leading us through this subject with the goal of increasing our heart’s devotion. Tom has taught at Tyndale Seminary for over 25 years. He holds a Ph.D. from Evangelische Theologische Faculteit, Heverlee/Leuven, Belgium.
