A Misericórdia do Senhor

I) Graça de Deus

Father, Son and Spirit: The Trinity and John’s Gospel Introduction: John’s Gospel and the Church’s Doctrine of the Trinity

From the patristic period until today, John’s Gospel has served as a major source for the church’s knowledge, doctrine and worship of the triune God. The Fathers found in the Fourth Gospel both a primary text concerning the trinitarian mystery of salvation1 and ammunition for the refutation of heresies such as modalism and Arianism.2