Book of Kells, Chi Rho folio, c. 800 · public domain

Christianity

Tradition·Founded 30 CE·est. ~2.4 billion worldwide

Judaism → Christianity → 11 branches

Branch
G Figure of Christianity

God — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

One God in three persons: the Father who creates, the Son who redeems, the Spirit who sustains — relationship inside the divine life itself.

Names & titlesFather, Son, and Holy Spirit — one God
DomainCreation, redemption, sanctification
Depicted asThe Son alone has a face; East and West differ on depicting the rest
StandingWorshipped — the sole object of Christian prayer
Understanding it — context, not catechism: how this passage is held

The Trinity is not three gods and not three masks — the formula the councils fought for is one being in three persons, eternally related. Christian prayer moves inside it: to the Father, through the Son, in the Spirit.

From the sources — the passages this rests on; concise renderings, cited

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

2 Corinthians 13:14

The triadic benediction — Trinity as lived prayer before it was doctrine.

The same ground, other faiths

claims that share this one's ideas
God is one, indivisible, and engaged with history. Judaism · core tenet Go deeper →
There is no god but God. Islam · core tenet Go deeper →
God is one, beyond form. Sikhism · core tenet Go deeper →
T Tian — Heaven. Confucianism Meet them →
A Ahura Mazda — the Wise Lord. Zoroastrianism Meet them →

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