Man a Trinity (Spirit, Soul, Body) Man is made in the image of God. It's a single step from this to say with Augustine, “Man has three parts—spirit, soul, and body. Man, therefore, is an image of the sacred Trinity.” “ The Christian doctrine of immortality cannot be understood apart from the right conception of the tripartite nature of men. Many think that man is a physical being only. In his desire to satisfy the needs of the body there is the tendency on man’s part to lose sight of the fact that he is immortal. There is an idea also that prevails largely today that man consists of only two component parts: namely, body and spirit. In the thinking of the writer this view appears to be one that might create confusion in the minds of any Christians. While soul and spirit are so closely related that it is sometimes difficult to distinguish accurately between them, there seems to be only one logical conclusion: namely, that “soul” and “spirit” are not the same.
