Do Christians Believe in Three Gods?
- Questions & Answers
- Jan 17, 2024
Christians do not believe in three gods but in one God. The oneness of God in Christianity does not mean numerical monotheism because numerical oneness makes God a quantity and the number one is a quantity less than the two and three. So, the monotheistic numerical makes God the least quantity. But Christianity believes that God is one in the sense that He is omnipotent, who fills all and surrounds everything, unlimited and eternal. It believes that God is a Living Light that is uncreated, for He is not like the created light that we know, but He is a Living Light, a Creator Who is capable of everything.
And as long as God is the Light, the True Light, this Light must have a ray born from it which reveals Him. If the Light does not have a ray, then the Light is no longer light. Thus, St. Athanasius explained that the essence of the Light is the Father, and the ray beam of His Light, born of Him before the ages, is the Son, and then the power of the luminous glow proceeding from It is the Holy Spirit. Then he added, the Light is in the beam ray and the ray is in the Light “I and My Father are one.” (John 10:30), “I am in the Father and the Father in Me” (John 14:11)
