Today we commemorate the full revelation of God as Holy Trinity. The Church has had to deal theologically with the paradox of unity and distinction within the Godhead early and often.
Over the first four centuries she literally transformed the language of the philosophers to speak of the mystery she was forced to defend. The Fathers, by specializing the meaning of ousia or essence, and hypostasis or person, sought to draw out the importance of affirming personhood within the shared substance of divinity. Continue reading “Reflections on Trinity Sunday”