The trinity. A perspective of god for today

Abstract

Christianity, unlike the Jewish and Islamic monotheism is Trinitarian. However, there have been numerous occasions when it seemed to had forgotten its theology throughout history. Today we find a recovery of the Trinitarian concept of God but it is also necessary to take into account its relational understanding going beyond that which is characterized as substantial. It is not a new concept as it is found in the patristic and scholastic , but nowadays, some theologians such as R. Panikkar, L. Boff, J. Moltmann and B. Forte, among others, have seen it as a key to understanding meanings to the Christian mystery. By special “teantropocosmic” intuition suggestive of R. Panikkar because the relationship between God-Man-World can only be understood from that between the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. In the end, one cannot put aside some implications this may have for the catechesis, which in short, should be Trinitarian.