Jesus Christ: His Mission and Ministry (Second Edition)
Chapter 5: What Is the Trinity?
3MC - 3 Minute Catechism - (English) Episode 16 - What is the Trinity?
Film Focus: The video explains the falsehoods of modalism and Arianism while explaining the Holy Trinity.
Text Focus: Page 165
Discussion Questions:
- What is the mystery of the Holy Trinity?
- Explain why the idea of “three masks” from modalism cannot be used to explain the Holy Trinity.
- What is Arianism? Why does it not fit with revelation?
- How is God both “one” and “three”?
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