Another video on the Trinity from the Systematic Theology I course that I recently taught remotely. The primary goal here is to unpack some of the technical language that theologians use to discuss the doctrine of the Trinity: opposed relations, the filioque, inseparable operations, divine appropriations and missions, perichoresis, taxis, eternal generation, and so on. Heady stuff.
One good way to get your mind thinking in the right direction about this stuff is to begin by meditating on the question: “How do we distinguish the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit from one another?” The answer is what theologians call eternal relations of origin. You see, as soon as we start thinking about the Father, we are already thinking about the Son because they are in an eternal relationship with one another. In other words, to be Father, he must have the Son.
This is challenging material—we’re talking about things that are very close to the heart of the infinite God, after all—but I hope that as you think on these things you’ll come to know the Lord better and to love him more.
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