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What Is Perichoresis

Perichoresis refers to the relationship between the persons of the Trinity. It describes their perfect union, intimacy, and reciprocity as they glorify one another through love. Specifically, it means the Father glorifies the Son, the Son glorifies the Father, and the Holy Spirit glorifies the Son. Perichoresis also describes how God interacts with creation and how the persons of the Trinity relate to one another, like how the Father sends the Son and the Spirit proceeds from both.

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What Is Perichoresis

Perichoresis refers to the relationship between the persons of the Trinity. It describes their perfect union, intimacy, and reciprocity as they glorify one another through love. Specifically, it means the Father glorifies the Son, the Son glorifies the Father, and the Holy Spirit glorifies the Son. Perichoresis also describes how God interacts with creation and how the persons of the Trinity relate to one another, like how the Father sends the Son and the Spirit proceeds from both.

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Question: "What is perichoresis?

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Answer: The word perichoresis comes from two Greek words, peri, which means around,
and chorein, which means to give way or to make room. It could be translated rotation or a
going around. Perichoresis is not found in the Greek New Testament but is a theological term used
in three different contexts. In the first, perichoresis refers to the two natures of Christ in perfect
union within the same Person. In the second context, perichoresis refers to the omnipresence of
God as He intersects with all creation (see Acts 17:28). In the third context, it refers to the mutual
intersecting or interpenetration of the three Persons of the Godhead and may help clarify the
concept of the Trinity. It is a term that expresses intimacy and reciprocity among the Persons of the
Godhead. A synonym for perichoresis is circumincession.

Perichoresis is seen in Jesus prayer in John 17:1, Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that
your Son may glorify you. We compare this with John 16:14, in which Jesus says that the Holy Spirit
will glorify me. So, the Holy Spirit glorifies the Son, the Son glorifies the Father, and the Father
glorifies the Son. The loving relationships within the Trinity result in the Persons of the Godhead
giving glory to one another.

Perichoresis is the fellowship of three co-equal Persons perfectly embraced in love and harmony
and expressing an intimacy that no one can humanly comprehend. The Father sends the Son (John
3:16), and the Spirit proceeds from the Father and was sent by the Son (John 15:26)another
example of perichoresis, with the result that Gods people are blessed.

There is nothing that separates the Persons of the Trinity or interrupts the mysterious interchange of
perichoresis. It can be imagined as a Venn diagram showing three circles intersecting in the center
with each circle intersecting the others perfectly and multi-dimensionally, as they rotate about a
common center of divine love.

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