As the Catechism of the Catholic Church states (261-263): “The mystery of the Most Holy Trinity is the central mystery of the Christian faith and of Christian life. God alone can make it known to us by revealing himself as Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The incarnation of God’s Son reveals that God is the eternal Father and that the Son is consubstantial with the Father, which means that, in the Father and with the Father, the Son is one and the same God. The mission of the Holy Spirit, sent by the Father in the name of the Son (John 14:26) and by the Son ‘from the Father’ (John 15:26), reveals that, with them, the Spirit is one and the same God. ‘With the Father and the Son, he is worshipped and glorified’ (Nicene Creed).”
The Catechism adds, “By the grace of baptism ‘in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,’ we are called to share in the life of the Blessed Trinity, here on earth in the obscurity of faith and after death in eternal light (Cf. Paul VI, CPG § 9)” (265).
Have you always wondered about some aspect of the faith or Church teaching? Or maybe you’d like to know some trivia about Pope Francis or the saints. If so, email us your question at editor@ewtn.com and look for the answer in an upcoming issue.