The doctrine of the Holy Trinity is a fundamental dogma of Christian theology.
It differs radically from the other two monotheistic religions associated with the Holy Land, that is, from the worlds of Judaism and Islam, since it teaches:
in the one God there are three persons possessing the full divine nature, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
According to the Trinity, Jesus is real God and real man. In the writings of John the Evangelist, Jesus himself explains this anyway. The Savior once said:
"I have been with you for so long and you have not recognized me, Philip? Whoever sees me sees the Father. How can you say: Show us the Father? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I speak to you, I do not speak of myself; and the Father, dwelling in me, carries out his works. Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me" (John 14,9-11).
On another occasion, Jesus said: "I and the Father are one" (John 30:10).
In the time of the early Christians, however, the question of who Jesus was generated a huge debate. By that time, the Edict of Milan issued jointly by Constantine the West and his co-ruler Licinius the East in 313 was already alive. According to this, "we give Christians and everyone the free choice to follow the religion they want, so that any deity or heavenly power may be well-willed towards us and everyone who lives under our power" .
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