Church Times Study Guides
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The Trinity is one of the most complex doctrines of Christian theology. At best, it can be said that the Bible only alludes to it - nowhere is it spelled out in black and white for all to see, and it is a tenet of belief that causes great difficulties for Christianity in relations to other religions, such as Islam, that stress the oneness of God. "The Fellowship of the Three" explores the doctrine of the Trinity from three perspectives: What does the Bible actually say? How have theologians through the ages understood the Trinity? How should a Trinitarian understanding of God affect the way we live and relate to one another today?
This booklet focuses on the Church. For all its high calling to be the Body of Christ, manifesting the life and love of God to the world, it rarely matches up to this ideal. The title is taken from a well-known parody of Onward Christian Soldiers - 'Like a mighty tortoise, moves the church of God, Brothers we are treading where we've always trod'.
This title gets behind the many images of Christ that the Church has created to find out what he reveals to us about God and about ourselves.