The Trinity: secondary teachers’ guide

Key stage

KS3; KS4

Subject

Religious Education

Collection

Christian beliefs

Format

PDF (365kb)

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Overview

Develop your own understanding of the Trinity in order to clearly explain this difficult but fundamental Christian belief with help from this detailed guide for secondary teachers. This document, complete with relevant Bible quotes to aid your teaching, covers the concept of the Trinity, the Apostles’ and Nicene Creed, and how the Trinity features in public worship. The guide is designed as an introductory summary for non-specialists or a handy recap for specialists.   

Curriculum links

Themes covered in this lesson are aligned to:

OCR 

  • Concept of God as a Trinity of persons

AQA 

  • The oneness of God and the Trinity

Edexcel

  • The Trinity
  • Biblical understandings of God as a Trinity of Persons