In this very engaging book, Stephen Bullivant takes us to the truth that lies at the very heart of the Christian faith: God, who is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Matthew Levering, Perry Family Foundation Professor of Theology, Mundelein Seminary Stephen Bullivant is a breath of fresh air for Christian intellectual life.
Here is winsome erudition that teaches us not only who it is that Christians worship, but also the sheer joy, vitality, and graced intelligence that pertain to worshiping this God.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.īrilliantly clear, succinct, readable, informed. Its sole purpose is to help Christians of all kinds better understand the Trinity so that they can then help others Christians, non-Christians, and maybe even some not-yet-Christians better understand it too. The Trinity: How Not to Be a Heretic explains how the earliest Christians came to be convinced by each statement, why they matter, and how slowly, over a period of several centuries it found a way of saying all three at once. It consists of just three short, deeply scriptural convictions: i) There is only one God ii) Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are all God and iii) Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are not the same. The central idea of this book is that, contrary to popular assumption, the Trinity is a very simple doctrine. But they are not altogether sure that what they think they believe about it is what they are supposed to, and they fear both revealing their ignorance, and leading others astray. It is not that they don't believe in the Trinity, because they certainly do.
Despite this, a great many Christians, including significant numbers of teachers, catechists, and preachers, do not feel confident in talking about it. It is at the very heart of what Christians believe, and very little else in Christianity makes sense without it. The Trinity is Christianity's most basic description of who God actually is and who he needs to be in order to save us.
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