What is the mystery of the Holy Trinity?

AFC Team

The mystery of the Holy Trinity is that there is in the one, true God only one divine substance, yet three divine Persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. The Trinity is called a mystery of faith because it is a truth that cannot be known unless it is revealed by God, and it is …

Why do we believe in the mystery of the Holy Trinity?

AFC Team

We believe in the mystery of the Holy Trinity because God revealed it; He is all-wise and all-truthful. To better understand, as best we can, the mystery of the Holy Trinity, we must await God’s unveiling of Himself in Heaven.

Who made God?

AFC Team

No one made God. He always was, and He always will be.

Can there be more than one God?

AFC Team

There cannot be more than one God because there cannot be two supreme beings. To say otherwise would be a contradiction.

Why must there be a God?

AFC Team

There must be a God because nothing happens in the universe unless someone intelligent ultimately makes it happen. When scientists study how the world developed, they come to a point where they have to ask, “Who started it all?” There must be someone who was not made by anyone else, someone who never had a beginning. That someone is God.

Why is God an infinitely perfect being?

AFC Team

God is an infinitely perfect being because in Him there is no limitation of any kind. God is an infinitely perfect spiritual being, without beginning or end. He knows and loves without limit. Angels and men are also spiritual beings, but being creatures, they are limited or finite. Consequently, their perfections are limited. Angels are pure spirits, meaning that they …

What are God’s perfections?

AFC Team

The attributes of God are His perfections; that is, things such as infinite goodness, eternal, all-knowing, all-present, almighty.

Is God infinitely good?

AFC Team

God is infinitely good. His goodness is limitless, as are all of His perfections.

Is God eternal?

AFC Team

God is eternal. This is true because He always was, is now, and always will be.

Why is God all-knowing?

AFC Team

God is all-knowing because He knows all things in the past, present, and future, as well as all potential things. God knows all things that are or ever could be. Everything is like one thought in the mind of God. Therefore, we say God is all-knowing.