Here’s Part 9 and the final post in this fascinating series on The Trinity, a journey I embarked upon while reading the Theosophy book, The Masters and The Path.

In Christian doctrine, the Trinity is one God in three distinct persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, all fully and equally God yet personally distinct. The Holy Spirit is not formally identified as feminine in the Bible, but some biblical language (especially Hebrew “Spirit” as ruach) is grammatically feminine, and Christian tradition gives Mary a strong “Divine Mother” symbolism while still clearly distinguishing her from the Trinity.​

Father, Son and Holy Spirit

  • The Father: The unoriginate source within the Godhead, who “begets” the Son and, with the Son, is origin of the Spirit; associated with creating and willing the plan of salvation.​
  • The Son (Jesus Christ): Eternally begotten of the Father, consubstantial with him, who becomes incarnate as true God and true man to reveal God and accomplish redemption by his life, death, and resurrection.​
  • The Holy Spirit: The third person, proceeding from the Father (and, in Western theology, from the Father and the Son), who indwells believers, gives life, sanctifies, and guides the Church.​

Is the Holy Spirit “feminine” in Scripture?

  • In the Old Testament, the main word for “spirit” is Hebrew ruach, which is grammatically feminine, so passages about the Spirit of God sometimes use a feminine noun, though this reflects grammar rather than a defined female “person” in later doctrine.​
  • In the New Testament, Greek pneuma (“Spirit”) is grammatically neuter, and mainstream Christian theology treats God as beyond human gender while still typically retaining masculine pronouns for Father and Son and a mix of images (some maternal) for God and the Spirit.​

Mary and “Divine Motherhood”

  • The Church (especially Catholic and Orthodox traditions) calls Mary Mother of God (Theotokos), not because she precedes or “creates” the divine nature, but because the one she bore is truly God the Son incarnate.​
  • She is richly honored with maternal titles such as “Blessed Virgin,” “Universal Mother,” “Queen of Angels,” “Queen of Heaven,” and “Star of the Sea” (Stella Maris), expressing her spiritual motherhood of believers and her intercessory role, yet she is explicitly not counted as a fourth divine person or as a member of the Trinity.​

Marian imagery and the “Divine Feminine”

Official doctrine, however, keeps a clear boundary: the persons of the Trinity are Father, Son, and Holy Spirit alone, whereas Mary is a uniquely graced human being and Mother of Jesus, honored above all saints but always as a creature, not as a divine hypostasis.

Many Christians experience Mary as an icon of the Divine Motherhood of God: a human, creaturely reflection of the nurturing, protective, and compassionate aspects of God’s love, which some theologians also associate symbolically with the action of the Spirit.​

Part 9 and final post of a series on Aspects of The Trinity.

For the basis of this series, check out this post (where I will also list all the links to each part of the series in case you miss any):

Aspects of The Trinity (The basis of the series)

Integrating the Spirals

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12 thoughts on “Aspects of The Trinity: Christian View (Part 9 of a series)”

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  2. This is an incredibly thoughtful and illuminating series, Sheila. I really appreciate how you’ve explored the Trinity with both clarity and depth, weaving together scripture, theology, and symbolic reflections in a way that’s accessible yet profound.

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      1. That’s a beautiful interest to have—and there are some really gentle, insightful ways to begin exploring Hinduism that honor its plurality and depth without insisting on one “only way.” Hinduism itself is a rich tradition of questions, reflections, practices, and philosophies rather than a single dogma. I will suggest some links later.

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    1. You and me both, Max. I refer to George Carlin the most when it comes to Catholicism. (Kind of kidding, but you know). I do have several Catholic friends and both of my first two husbands were Catholic though neither practicing. What confuses me most about them is the whole mystery surrounding the Vatican and why they hoard all the money, gold, etc. yet still pass the plate/have a box in every church for donations.

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      2. That’s so true, Max. It’s one of the things that’s always been off-putting to me. Of course, I feel the same way about Christmas trees, my ceramic nativity set, and so forth. Man (humans) always want to create though. And I love the feel of working with clay. I’ve come to appreciate that the statues are mere ‘reminders’ of what was once real. Like the angel tat on my shoulder. I think the issue is how important the graven images become to us. If used as a symbolic reminder of our faith and beliefs okay. But to cry when they are lost or broken, that’s too much (like when people cried over the Notre Dame cathedral fire in France). These sites are fine to visit and enjoy the shared feeling of presence, but they are not the end all, be all of faith.

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      3. I did ask a Catholic that question before. The way he explained it to me was that they don’t worship them…but no graven images…are no graven images to me…
        Their churchs are beautiful for sure… ours is just an old building from 1948 thats been kept up….we average 18 people. I feel better in a place like that. We went to some big ones before choosing…but they felt like Las Vegas shows.

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  4. Sheila, I’ve purposely waited til the end of the series to comment. All of the posts have been a very enlightening read and I am amazed how many religions are inter-connected through their own version of the Trinity. Well done!

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    1. I was quite surprised by this too, Michael (the interconnectivity). And it wasn’t even the reason or purpose of my wanting to study the Masters and the Path book! Just goes to show how we can learn one or many other things while reading something we were intrigued by due to other reasons. Kind of like how I can connect with your books, though I have never thought I was strictly your books’ “audience.”

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