天台宗的"三身相即"与基督教的"三位一体"

神的位格问题是宗教理论的核心问题，因为宗教其他理论诸如拯救论、神人关系论等都是它的展开和补充。西方的基督教把它表述为“三位一体”，而东方的佛教天台宗把它表述为“三身相即”。当用哲学的“体用”观点去剖析它们的相似性时，可以得出这么一个结论：都是在一神论基调下的普世主义的宗教表述而已。

On the Connections between the Trine of the Buddhist Sect of Mount Tiantai and the Trinity of Christianity

The theory of religion focuses on the question of the position of God,which is supplemented and developed by other theories of religion such as the theory of rescue and the relations between God and Man.It is called the Trinity in Christianity,while called the Trine in Buddhism.Analysing their similarities in terms of philosophy,we can draw the following conclusion:they are the same according to the theory "Saving the Mankind"on the basis of One God.