Trinity vs. Trio

• Trinity

  The Christian doctrine of the Trinity (Latin: Trinitas, lit. ‘triad’, from Latin: trinus “threefold”) holds that God is one God, but three coeternal consubstantial persons or hypostases—the Father, the Son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit—as “one God in three Divine persons”. The three persons are distinct, yet are one “substance, essence or nature” (homoousios). In this context, a “nature” is what one is, whereas a “person” is who one is. The subset of Christianity that accepts this doctrine is collectively known as Trinitarianism, while the subset that does not is referred to as Nontrinitarianism (see also Arianism). Trinitarianism contrasts with positions such as Binitarianism (one deity in two persons) and Monarchianism (no plurality of persons within God), of which Modalistic Monarchianism (one deity revealed in three modes) and Unitarianism (one deity in one person) are subsets.

  The doctrine of the Trinity was first formulated among the fathers of the Church in the third century as early Christians attempted to rationalize the relationship between Jesus and God in their scriptural documents and prior traditions.

• Trio (noun)

  a set or group of three people or things

  “the hotel was run by a trio of brothers”

• Trio (noun)

  a group of three musicians

  “a jazz trio”

• Trio (noun)

  a composition written for three musicians

  “Chopin’s G minor Trio”

• Trio (noun)

  the central, typically contrastive, section of a minuet, scherzo, or march.

• Trio (noun)

  (in piquet) a set of three aces, kings, queens, jacks, or tens held in one hand.

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