Category:Trichotomy

Trichotomy (from the Greek: τρία tria "three" and τομή tomé "cut, division") or trialism (from the Latin: trialis "containing three") is the term used to describe the threefold division of the human being into the three members of spirit, soul and body. In the Catholic Church, the doctrine of trichotomy has been considered heresy since the Fourth Council of Constantinople (869).