Holy Pope Shenouda speaks about the Holy Trinity, focusing on the Divinity of Christ, explaining the essential difference between the Christian belief in one God in three Persons and the pagan concept of multiple gods.

Difference Between Pagan Trinity and Christian Trinity

In paganism, there are three separate gods, but in Christianity, there is Trinity in unity — three equal divine Persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The Son is begotten eternally from the Father, not created in time. All three are eternal, equal, and coexistent.

The Relationship Between the Father and the Son

The Son is not separate from the Father but like a thought coming from the mind, still existing within it. Christ said: “I am in the Father and the Father in Me,” showing complete unity between them — unlike the pagan idea of divided gods.

Divine Attributes of God

Divine attributes are of two types:

1. Those belonging only to God (eternity, infinity, omnipresence).

2. Those shared with humans in a limited way (knowledge, justice, mercy).
   Only God is eternal and infinite, knowing all things without means or tools, unlike human gradual and limited understanding.

The Three Divine Persons

God is a Being intelligent and living:

• His Being is the Father,

• His Mind is the Son (the Word / Logos),

• His Spirit is the Holy Spirit.
  The three are one in essence, as fire is one with its light and heat.

The Divinity of Christ

Christ is the Logos, the intelligent Word of God, through whom all things were made: “All things were made by Him, and without Him was not anything made” (John 1:3). God created the world through His mind, that is, through the Son. Hence, the Son cannot be a creature since God was never without His mind or Spirit.

Refuting Jehovah’s Witnesses

Pope Shenouda explains how he discussed with Jehovah’s Witnesses, proving from Scripture that Christ is truly God, using verses like:

• “Christ… who is over all, God blessed forever” (Romans 9:5),

• “God was manifested in the flesh” (1 Timothy 3:16),

• “Lo, I am with you always” (Matthew 28:20).
  He shows that all divine attributes (holiness, eternity, omnipresence) apply to Christ, confirming His full divinity.

Final Teaching

The Holy Trinity is one divine essence — not three gods. The Son is God’s Mind, and the Holy Spirit is God’s Spirit. God, with His Being, Mind, and Spirit, is one eternal, infinite God.
The Orthodox Christian faith proclaims that Christ is God incarnate, revealed for the salvation of humanity.

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