웨스트민스터 신앙고백(2장)-하나님과 삼위일체에 관하여/Of God, and of the Holy Trinity
웨스트민스터 신앙고백 제2장은 ‘하나님과 삼위일체에 관하여(Of God, and of the Holy Trinity)’를 다룹니다. 유일하시고 살아 계신 참 하나님의 존재와 성품을 고백하고, 하나님께서 모든 존재의 근원이시며 스스로 충족하신 분임을 밝힙니다.
또한 한 분 하나님 안에 성부와 성자와 성령, 세 위격이 계시며 이 세 위격은 동일한 본질과 능력과 영원성을 가지신다는 삼위일체 신앙을 고백합니다. 아래에서는 웨스트민스터 신앙고백 제2장 영문 원문을 통해 하나님의 속성과 주권, 그리고 삼위일체에 관한 개혁주의 신앙의 핵심 내용을 살펴봅니다.
각 항의 의미와 신학적 배경은 글 하단의 한국어 강해글에서 자세히 살펴볼 수 있습니다.
CHAPTER 2
Of God, and of the Holy Trinity
1. There is but one only, living, and true God, who is infinite in being and perfection, a most pure spirit, invisible, without body, parts, or passions; immutable, immense, eternal, incomprehensible, almighty, most wise, most holy, most free, most absolute; working all things according to the counsel of his own immutable and most righteous will, for his own glory; most loving, gracious, merciful, long-suffering, abundant in goodness and truth, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin; the rewarder of them that diligently seek him; and withal, most just, and terrible in his judgments, hating all sin, and who will by no means clear the guilty.
2. God hath all life, glory, goodness, blessedness, in and of himself; and is alone in and unto himself all-sufficient, not standing in need of any creatures which he hath made, nor deriving any glory from them, but only manifesting his own glory in, by, unto, and upon them. He is the alone fountain of all being, of whom, through whom, and to whom are all things; and hath most sovereign dominion over them, to do by them, for them, or upon them whatsoever himself pleaseth. In his sight all things are open and manifest, his knowledge is infinite, infallible, and independent upon the creature, so as nothing is to him contingent, or uncertain. He is most holy in all his counsels, in all his works, and in all his commands. To him is due from angels and men, and every other creature, whatsoever worship, service, or obedience he is pleased to require of them.
3. In the unity of the Godhead there be three persons, of one substance, power, and eternity: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost: the Father is of none, neither begotten, nor proceeding; the Son is eternally begotten of the Father; the Holy Ghost eternally proceeding from the Father and the Son.
웨스트민스터 신앙고백 제2장 「하나님과 삼위일체에 관하여」의 의미와 신학적 배경을 더 자세히 살펴보세요.
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