Perspektif Teologi Barat dan Timur Terhadap Doktrin Triniti
Keywords:
Trinity, Western theology, Eastern theology (Asia)Abstract
The doctrine of Trinity refers to the Christian understanding of God as the union of three entities, namely; God the Father (Father), God the Son (Son of God) and the Holy Ghost (Holy Spirit). All three are God, and it is he (the same god) who each shares the properties of the ultimate divine, eternal (everlasting) and unchanged. This article aims to look at the differences between contemporary theologians leading the West to the East (Asia) to explain and describe the concept of Trinity in Christianity. This study takes a qualitative approach, using content analysis that refers to primary sources and secondary sources. The results found that the traditional emphasis on the theology of the Trinity philosophical terminology (Greek) is related to the concept of relationship - between ousia and hypostasis of three divine entities and the issue of the Holy Spirit - Filioque. The concept was developed by contemporary theologians in an effort to make more robust doctrine of the Trinity as well as modern and relevant to contemporary Christians. Thus, there were the birth of models such as the Immanent Trinity, (Economic Trinity) and Social Trinity. While in the East, the existence of theologians incorporate the concept of the divine Trinity community in Asia to be able to develop more perspective on this doctrine. Among these theologians are Raimon Panikkar who submits views on the Trinity based on Hindu beliefs and also Jung Young Lee who saw the concept of the Trinity guided by the principles of yin-yang.
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