The Trinity is just like every other monotheistic doctrine in teaching that there is only one God. If we miss this, we miss everything! Christianity has always taught that there is only one God. Where Christian theology differs from other forms of monotheism is not on the number of gods, but on the concept of God’s personhood. The doctrine of the Trinity teaches that the one God exists as three persons. It is at this point that Muslims often level a charge of self-contradiction, but it certainly is not, and here is why: person is not the same as being. Your being is the quality that makes you
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