Trinity Sunday
I guess my brain was zoned out last year; I don't really remember Trinity Sunday. I know the Church celebrated it but I don't remember doing so but here we are. It's time to pay special attention to the Trinity - Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
It's no surprise that the Church will hear Scripture from Genesis 1 and Matthew 28.16-20. You can't read those passages without seeing the Trinity. Amazing as it sounds to me now, there have been those in the church who did not believe in the Trinity. You can read about Arianism here. As this controversy developed in the church of Alexandria, Constantine called together the First Council of Nicea which condemned the teachings of Arius and formulated the Nicene Creed, which is still recited today.
I leave you with today's collect from the Book of Common Prayer:
Almighty and everlasting God, you have given to us your servants grace, by the confession of a true faith, to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of your divine Majesty to worship the Unity: Keep us steadfast in this faith and worship, and bring us at last to see you in your one and eternal glory, O Father; who with the Son and the Holy Spirit live and reign, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
