I don't know... I would like to know the answer to this as well, since I haven't found it while reading the Bible.

We know that the Holy Trinity consists of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, and they exist as one. In terms of evidence in the bible: in Matthew 3:13-17 during Christ's baptism, the Father (the voice), the Son (Jesus) and the Holy Spirit (the dove) are all together, and this proves to us the co-existence and equality of the 3 components. This is only one reference and there are LOADS, especially in the Old Testament, such as: Gn 1:26 (pularals imply all one God and all equal) Another big one in the New Testament is : Matthew 28:19 "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Sone and the Holy Spirit." so God himself is telling us that all three parts are equal, hence their use in baptism. But there are MANY MORE references, just remember that they are ONE, and that since this is one of God's mysteries, we as humans cannot fully understand this. Have faith, and don't stop believing! God Bless

Ah, those Bible people can't get their shit straight for anything

It doesn't directly. But a couple of the verses cited supporting the trinity are: Matthew 28:19-20 - "Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you." and 2 Corinthians 13:14 - "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all". The doctrine didn't become orthodox doctrine until the Council of Nicaea in 325. This doesn't mean all that much because a lot of doctrine wasn't officially accepted until Constantine sat everybody down and made them hash things out.

Good question. It doesn't. And, it wasn't the teaching of Jesus. It comes from the uniting of the Greeks and Romans with the Christians after Jesus death and then a couple of hundred years later making it what you had to believe in order to be considered "Christian."

I never read that but am still trying to understand the Trinity !

1John 5:7 For there are three that bear record in heaven,the Father the Word and the Holy Spirit and these three are one.

It doesn't say it anywhere. . The few references to the trinity in the Bible are very late and highly dubious but even so there is nothing at all anywhere in the Bible that says the members of the trinity are co-equal. . There are many passages that suggest that the Son is very much a lesser entity than the Father though, rather than co-equal.

the Holy Spirit is God!!its HIS POWER...HIS help and comfort that HE sends to HIS...it is not a separate spirit....:)justme

Isaiah 61:1 The spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath empowered me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound. Acts 5:3,4 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? While it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou decided this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.

That kind of things do not stay in the Bible, at least not explicitly. This is the reason why some particular Churches like "Unitarians" exist, who reject this Trinitarian doctrine. "The Christian doctrine of the Trinity teaches the unity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as three persons in one Godhead. The doctrine states that God is the Triune God, existing as three persons, or in the Greek hypostases, but one being. Each of the persons is understood as having the one identical essence or nature, not merely similar natures. Since the beginning of the third century the doctrine of the Trinity has been stated as "the one God exists in three Persons and one substance, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit." Trinitarianism, belief in the Trinity, is a mark of Oriental and Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism and all the mainstream traditions arising from the Protestant Reformation, such as Anglicanism, Lutheranism and Presbyterianism. The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church describes the Trinity as "the central dogma of Christian theology". This doctrine is in contrast to Nontrinitarian positions which include Binitarianism (one deity/two persons), Unitarianism (one deity/one person), the Oneness belief held by certain Pentecostal groups, Modalism, and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' view of the Godhead as three separate beings who are one in purpose rather than essence. Historically, the doctrine of the Trinity has been of particular importance. The conflict with Arianism and other competing theological concepts during the fourth century became the first major doctrinal confrontation in Church history. It had a particularly lasting effect within the Western Roman Empire where the Germanic Arians and the Nicene Christians formed segregated social orders. Like other terms expressing fundamental Christianity concepts, such as monotheism, the word trinity is not found in the Bible. The doctrine developed from the biblical language used in New Testament passages such as the baptismal formula in Matthew 28:19" Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity

The Holy Spirit is equal to the Father and the Son, because He is God. (a) Because of the oneness of nature in the Blessed Trinity, the Father is entirely in the Son and in the Holy Spirit; the Son is entirely in the Father and in the Holy Spirit; and the Holy Spirit is entirely in the Father and in the Son. No one of the three divine Persons is outside the other, for none precedes the other in eternity, nor surpasses the other in power, nor exceeds the other in any way. This indwelling of one divine Person in the others is called circumincession. What does the Holy Spirit do for the salvation of mankind? The Holy Spirit dwells in the Church as the source of its life and sanctifies souls through the gift of grace. (a) Although the sanctification of mankind, like all other outward works of God, is performed by all three Persons of the Blessed Trinity, it is attributed to the Holy Spirit, the third Person. The sanctification of mankind is attributed to the Holy Spirit because He is the love of the Father and the Son and because the sanctification of man by grace shows forth God's boundless love. The Baltimore Catechism, Lesson 9. Electronic text (c) Copyright EWTN 1997. All rights reserved. by Rev. William G. Most