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RELIGIOUS EDUCATION – EDUKASYON SA PAGPAPAKATAO

GRADE 9
STUDENT’S PRAYER
Lord Jesus, I thank you for the opportunity to study which others may not have. Help me to give my
best in whatever I do. Give me the grace to manage my time well, - to balance “study and play”. Help
me set aside distracting thoughts and to have focus especially during exams. Do not let me fall into
temptations of cheating and making “short cuts” in order to attain my goals. Instead, let me accept
the fact of life that nothing is worth comes easy. Let me value the knowledge and wisdom imparted to
us by our teachers and the Oblates of Notre Dame Sisters, and to appreciate their efforts and
concerns. Teach me to learn the lessons of life that I may not only live for myself but for others.
Amen. That which pleases God, I strive to do always.

MODULE ON: One God in Three Person

Doctrine : Understand that we believe in One God in Three Divine Person

Moral : Appreciate the Catholic Faith
Worship : Thank God for the Gift of Faith

TEACHER: RYAN C. TAMELIN ( 09970898306)

LESSON 1: One God in Three Person

I. My Story

Litte Boy

There is a story that St. Augustine was walking on the seashore contemplating the mystery of the Blessed
Trinity. Then he saw a boy in front of him who had dug a hole in the sand and
was going out to the sea again and again and bringing some water to pour into
the hole. St. Augustine asked him, "What are you doing?" “I'm going to pour the
entire ocean into this hole." "That is impossible, the whole ocean will not fit in
the hole you have made," said St. Augustine. The boy replied, "And you cannot
fit the Trinity in your tiny little brain." The story concludes by saying that the boy
vanished, as St. Augustine had been talking to an angel

II. Activity
1. What was the little boy doing?
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2. What did St. Augustine tell the boy?
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3. What does story tell you?

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III. Linkage to the story

There are times that we cannot fully understand the mysteries of the things around us. The
mystery of how the ecosystem has its balance. How can love last? Even the question of how a
delicate human being is sustained inside the womb of a mother. These are some mysteries
which science can answer but sometimes man cannot still fully grasp because we believe in a
Supreme Being who places everything in its proper order. As Catholics, our faith tells us that we
believe in One God in Three Divine Persons, the Blessed Trinity. Our creed proclaims, "I believe
in the Father... I believe in the Son... I believe in the Holy Spirit.” Our God has revealed himself
to mankind but because of our limited mind and hugeness of God, we know a part of Him but
we cannot fully understand the mystery of God. Hence, to help us better comprehend the
mystery of the Blessed Trinity, let us read the Scriptures and the church teachings.

IV. DEEPEN ( We Believe)

THE BLESSED TRINITY

In the Bible, we will not find the word Trinity but the Scriptures reveal to us the mystery of the tri- personality
of God and that God not only exists as a personal Spirit being, but He
does so in the Blessed Trinity. This is a mystery which God reveals to us
gradually. In Greek, the term mysterion (or mystery) refers to what was
previously hidden but is now revealed to us through the revelation of
God through Jesus Christ. There are truths about God which man can
understand but there are still truths which remai a mystery and man
cannot yet fully grasp. For instance, we will find the presence of the
Three Divine Persons during the baptism of Jesus. This event clearly
affirms the Three Divine Persons acting as one for the salvation of man.
Jesus, the begotten So of the Father, was mingling with man because He himself chose to be one of us in
order to save mankind. When the heavens opened, Jesus together with the other people who witnessed it
heard the voice from the Father saying "You are my Son in whom I am well pleased"; and the Spirit, in the
form of a dove descende upon Jesus. The doctrine of the Blessed Trinity tells us the union of the Three Divine
Persons in one God. Here, the term "person" does not refer to the individual human being but instead the
word person means distinct from the other but inseparable, interdependent, and eternally united in one God.
The Creed, which is the summary of our faith, proclaims that as Catholics we believe in God the Fathe, God
the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. It means we believe in one God who has three equal an distinct Persons. To
better appreciate our faith, let us deepen our understanding of the doctrine of the Blessed Trinity.

 GOD IS ONE
The Blessed Trinity should not considered as three different god nor separated distinct divine beings.
But instead, Three Persons constitute One God, one divine nature, and
mystery of “personal loving communion” (CFC 11). Each Person is self-
conscious and self- directing but united and ACT AS ONE.
The Three Divine Persons are relations which subsist in the divine nature.
This means that they are one in everything. The one God is Father as
begetting the Son and breathing the Spirit; the same God is the Son as
begotten of the Father and breathing the Spirit; the same God is Spirit as
Breath of Father and Son (CFC 1327). We believe that our God has Three
Divine Persons who is present in the entire salvation history but the
divine Persons who are distinct from one another acted as one. God is a Trinity in unity. The Father
generates, the Son is generated and the Holy Spirit proceeds, so that there be distinctions between the
Persons but unity in nature" (Laleran IV. c. ND 318-79).
 THE TRINITY IS EQUAL IN DIGNITY All Three Divine Persons are equally eternal with no beginning
and no end (CCC 255). In the Advent wreath, the circular form of the wreath signifies that God has
neither beginning nor end and our God is equal. We must not think that the Father comes first before
the Son and then followed by the Holy Spirit. Unlike human beings who exist in relational terms which
mean the parents come first then the children, instead, God has co-relational terms. It teaches us that
"God the Father and God the Son exists in relation to the other, so that God the Father and God the
Son relate to each other and are equally eternal. This is the same with the Holy Spirit who is the Breath
of the Father and the Son" (CHC 1328). No one comes first before the other, instead the Three Divine
Persons relate with one another and have a perfect equality in nature, honor, and dignity.
 THE TRINITY IS DISTINCT The Fatherhood of God belongs to the First Person. The Son who is the
only begotten of the Father is the Second Person while the Spirit who revealed in our hearts the truths
about God is the Third Person. There is a function ascribed to each person in the Trinity. This is clearly
seen in the salvation history of man from creation, Paschal Mystery of Christ, and up to the birth of the
Church. Jesus taught his disciples, "My Father is greater than I.' As the Son is sent by the Father, so
the Spirit is sent by the Son. As it was the Son's office to reveal the Father, so it is the Spirit's office to
reveal the Son, as Christ testified: 'He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to
you' In. 16:14). Hence, the Father works through the Son by the Spirit. God the Father and Jesus, His
only begotten Son-made-flesh (cf. In 7:14). are distinct Persons, yet wholly united in LOVE, their Holy
Spirit (cf. CCC 254).

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

15 AD, Tertullian was the first to state the doctrine of the Trinity which was first called "Triunity" which means
Trinity in Unity. The doctrine of the Trinity was brought about by the rise of heretical groups who either denied
the deity of Christ or that of the Holy Spirit. This doctrine was then fortified by the 1st Ecumenical Council of
Nicaea in AD 325. This council condemned heresies particularly Arianism which denied the divinity of Christ.
The council presented the summary of the Catholic faith in the Nicene Creed that God is one in Three Divine
Persons. This confirms the divinity of the Second Person of the Trinity. There are more ecumenical councils
that were formed in order to address the different heresies about the nature of the Divine Persons.

V. Things to remember
 Who is our God?
Catholics believe in one God in Three Divine Persons or the Blessed Trinity: the Father, the Son, and the Holy
Spirit. Our God is one, equal in dignity but distinct because of the mission each has done in the salvation
history of man.
 What do we mean by God is one?
The Divine Persons are not separated individuals rather the Three Divine Persons are acting as one. The Three
Divine Persons are relations which subsist in the divine nature (CFC 1327).
 What do we mean by God is equal in dignity?
Because our God is one, the Three Divine Persons have a perfect equality in nature, honor, and dignity. No
one comes first from the others. All Three Divine Persons are equally eternal with no beginning and no end
(CCC 255).
 What do we mean by God is distinct?
There is a function ascribed to each person in the Trinity. God the Father and Jesus, His only begotten Son-
made-flesh (cf. Jn 1:14), are distinct Persons, yet wholly united in LOVE, the Holy Spirit (cf. CCC 254).
VI. EVALUATION :
I. Write True on the space provided if the statement if correct and False if otherwise.
1. As Catholics, we believe in One Divine Person.
2. The Blessed Trinity is one God but has Three Distinct Divine Persons.
3. Arianism is a heresy that denied the deity of the Father.
4. The Church has formed several ecumenical councils to address the different heresies.
5. Our faith tells us that we are created, saved, and sanctified by one God.
6. Faith is our response to God's revelation of Himself.
7. St. Thomas spoke to a child by the shore and said that it is impossible to put the entire ocean
inside the hole.
8. The Divine Persons are equally eternal.

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