What Is the Trinity?

Thinking About the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit

By: Dale Tuggy

Narrated by: Dale Tuggy

Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins

Publisher's summary

If you find the Trinity confusing, you are not alone! What does it mean to say God is "three persons in one essence"? It might mean a number of things, and it has been understand in several ways by theologians. But how should it be understood, and how was it originally meant? This book shines light on the fog shrouding this subject, equipping you with basic information about the meaning and history of Trinitarian ideas so that you can see the various options and search the scriptures with fresh eyes. Topics include:

• What does it mean to say that the doctrine of the Trinity is a "mystery"?
• Is it true that if you try to understand the Trinity you'll lose your mind, but if you try to deny it you'll lose your soul?
• What is the first known Trinitarian creed?
• What did the ancient bishops mean in saying that the Father and Son are "one substance" or "one essence"?
• Is it true, as some Catholic scholars argue, that the Trinity is not taught in the Bible, although it is taught by later, authoritative sources?
• What happened at and just before the Council at Constantinople in 381, and why are these events important?
• Is it a mistake to think that the "persons" of the Trinity are "persons in the modern sense of the term"?
• Are the "persons" of the Trinity something like God's three personalities?
• Why is it important to distinguish Trinitarian formulas from Trinitarian claims?
• Is the one God of the Bible an eternal, loving, perfect community?

©2017 Dale Tuggy (P)2017 Dale Tuggy

Great book

This book is an excellent and engaging resource to help you think clearly about a difficult topic. I liked the length -- I felt that there was a lot of content without getting bogged down. I also think having the author narrate the book was fantastic. Aside from learning a lot, I also really enjoyed listening. Highly recommended!

Excellent study

Great study excellent analogies and undermines the whole doctrine of the Trinity. God is not three in anyway possible

An Overall Good Read

Dale does a great job of laying out his case against the Trinity doctrine from both a philosophical and theological standpoint. He definitely challenges traditional ways of thinking regarding this subject and leads one wondering whether their belief in a Trinity is based on biblical exegetical inspiration, or is it based on man-made indoctrination. I would argue it's the latter.

My only slight concern about this book is that it is written from a somewhat scholarly standpoint, and therefore would be easier to listen to if concepts and wording were in more layman's terms.

Overall a great read if you are searching for truth in your pursuit of knowing God the Father and His Son Jesus whom He sent.

Talking way above my head!

Hard to understand… probably my lack of education… might be better with fire, so I can look up definitions as I go..

Argument against not an explanation of.....

Dale is clever. He starts the book claiming to be curious and quickly descends into a lecture on the faults within many versions of christianity in dealing with the trinity. He takes an almost scientific and semantical look at the trinity and deems it wanting. What he fails to recognizes is that the trinity, like God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit is an exercise in faith. Faith is what make the trinity real and none of his arguments will change that. Don't buy if you are looking for a faith based understanding.

Not thorough enough.

Too slow in reading, doesn’t give good examples or analogies to better understand the topic of the Trinity, seems to only speak and skate around peripherally around the topic.

Heresy

The author goes out of his way that he learned from very smart people. He states that he believes the scriptures yet because he doesn’t believe in the Triune God, he called a few anachronistic (biases). Never addressing John 1:1-2, 14, Hebrews 1, Revelations 21; all calling Jesus God.