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1. Trinity

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   Etymology and Conceptual Development
   The specific term Trinitas was not used by the early Apostolic Fathers but emerged in Latin theological discourse, notably employed by Tertullian in the late 2nd and early 3rd centuries $\mathrm{CE}$ [^4]. Tertullian utilized the terms una substantia, tres personae (one substance, three persons) to describe the divine reality. The conceptual groundwork, however, was laid by earlier figures wrestling with the implications of the Incarnation and [Pentecost](/entries/pentecos…