Social Trinitarianism

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Social Trinitarianism is a Christian theological model of the Trinity that emphasizes the three divine persons as distinct centers of consciousness in loving relational unity, often drawing on social and interpersonal analogies.

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Social Trinitarianism canonical 1
Trinitarianism 1
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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian theological model ⓘ
Trinitarian theology ⓘ
doctrine of the Trinity ⓘ
theological position ⓘ
affirms co-equality of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit ⓘ
co-eternity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit ⓘ
one divine essence shared by three persons ⓘ
real distinction between the divine persons ⓘ
aimsToSafeguard both unity and plurality in God ⓘ
appliedTo Christian social ethics ⓘ
doctrines of church community ⓘ
theology of marriage and family ⓘ
associatedWith Cornelius Plantinga Jr. ⓘ
John Zizioulas ⓘ
Jürgen Moltmann ⓘ
Miroslav Volf ⓘ
Richard Swinburne ⓘ
Stanley Grenz ⓘ
contrastsWith Latin Trinitarianism ⓘ
linked to: Nicene Christianity

psychological models of the Trinity ⓘ
criticizedFor overemphasis on analogy with human community ⓘ
potentially undermining divine simplicity ⓘ
risk of tritheism ⓘ
developedInContextOf 20th-century analytic philosophy of religion ⓘ
modern Trinitarian revival ⓘ
discussedIn analytic philosophy of religion literature ⓘ
contemporary systematic theology ⓘ
distinguishedFrom Arianism ⓘ
modalism ⓘ
emphasizes interpersonal relationships within the Godhead ⓘ
relational unity rather than numerical identity ⓘ
the distinct personhood of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit ⓘ
focusesOn mutual indwelling of the divine persons ⓘ
perichoretic relations within the Trinity ⓘ
hasCoreClaim the three divine persons are distinct centers of consciousness ⓘ
the three divine persons exist in loving relational unity ⓘ
influencedBy Cappadocian Fathers ⓘ
linked to: Basil of Caesarea

Eastern Orthodox Trinitarian theology ⓘ
personalist philosophy ⓘ
relational ontology ⓘ
interprets divine unity as unity of love ⓘ
divine unity as unity of will and purpose ⓘ
usedToSupport communitarian political theology ⓘ
ecclesiology as image of the Trinity ⓘ
relational models of personhood ⓘ
usesAnalogy interpersonal analogies ⓘ
social analogies ⓘ
viewedAs modern development of classical Trinitarian doctrine ⓘ

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Tritheism → relatedConcept → Social Trinitarianism ⓘ
Sabellianism → contrastsWith → Trinitarianism ⓘ
linked to: Social Trinitarianism
Theology for the Community of God → influencedBy → social Trinitarianism ⓘ
linked to: Social Trinitarianism