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Abraham is someone mentioned in Genesis, thousands of years before Jesus came to earth. Yet, Jesus said of himself, "Before Abraham was born, I am.
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This came up time and time again. Jesus was so clear about his unique relationship with the Father. For he not only broke the Sabbath, he called God his Father, thereby making himself equal with God. For all of eternity, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit have always been in relationship and communication with each other, yet not as three gods…as one God.
On earth, Jesus continued to talk to the Father, and the Father and Spirit continued to communicate with him. Was there ever nothing?
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Readers are encouraged to verify everything to their own satisfaction. Introduction Most Christians in the world today believe in the Trinity which is the union of the three divine persons -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit -- into one Godhead. The Trinity, therefore, is a principle that can be considered dogmatic. Sincere Christians, however, are more interested in obtaining accurate knowledge from Biblical research than in twisting and manipulating the scriptures to fit some preconceived man-made doctrine or dogma. To these people, truth is more important than tradition.
Is the dogma of the Trinity fact or not? Let us examine the evidence. How the Trinity Became Doctrine During the days when Christ's apostles lived, the Gospel was taught with accuracy, but after their death, it did not take very long for the truth to become eroded with falsehoods. This erosion of Biblical truth grew like a cancer -- slow, but sure.
Little by little, inacuracy crept in as the Gospel message of Jesus Christ became more and more popular. In an effort to increase the church membership, many Pagans were brought in and with the Pagans came Pagan ideas. Rituals began to replace serious Bible study and differences in opinion soon became the basis for growth of various creeds and sects. Ober the span of many years, man-made rites became time honored tradition.
Christian leaders then became powerful forces in the church as well as in politics; religious beliefs, many times, were dictated by the state. These facts, however, are not surpirsing considering the Biblical warning: And many will follow their licentiousness, and because of them the way of truth will be reviled.
And in their greed they will exploit you with false words It was not, however, a new idea conceived by Christians, for there is much evidence of widespread belief in similar ideas throughout earlier recorded history. Many scholars believe that the Trinity, as taught by Christians, comes from Plato as suggested in the Timaeus , but the Platonic trinity is itself merely a rearrangement of older trinities dating back to earlier peoples.
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In Phoenicia the trinity of gods were Ulomus, Ulosuros, and Eliun. In Greece they were Zeus, Poseidon, and Aidoneus. In Rome they were Jupiter, Neptune, and Pluto.
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In Babylonia and Assyria they were Anos, lllinos, and Aos. We can see, therefore, that although the Trinity is characteristic of the Christian religion, it is by no means peculiar to it. Not only is it not mentioned, but the doctrine is neither found in the New Testament, 6 nor the Old Testament.
Among the Apostolic Fathers, there has been nothing even remotely approaching such a mentality or perspective. Idea of Trinity Evolved "It is generally acknowledged that the church father Tertullian ca. The explicit doctrine was thus formulated in the post-biblical period The great Arian controversy of the fourth century, which split the Church in two, stemmed from the preaching The Emperor Constantine summoned the first General Council of the Church of Niceae, in , to settle this dispute and so reunify the Church.
It condemned the teaching of Arius and produced a creed which declared that the Son is of one substance with and co-eternal with the Father. Theodosius I convened the second General Council at Constantinople, in , which endorsed his definition of Catholicism, finally condemned Arianism A further dispute arose between the monk Nestorius, patriarch of Constantinople in , and Cyril, patriarch of Alexandria about the two natures in Christ There was ferocious argument Thus politics entered into the dispute.
Once again the state intervened. It condemned Nestorianism, and Nestorius was exhiled to the Egyptian desert in This statement of belief, together with other doctrinal definitions Is Christ God or not? They stated that it could only be answered with a "yes" or "no. Trinity Is Man-Made Concept The facts, therefore, prove that the doctrine of the Trinity does not appear in the Bible 15 "nor did Jesus and his followers intend to contradict the Shema in the Old testament: The Lord our God is one Lord' Deut. The doctrine developed gradually over several centuries and through many controversies By the end of the 4 th century the doctrine of the Trinity took substantially the form it has maintained ever since.
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But, if God and Jesus and the Holy Spirit are not one and the same, who, or what, are they? The Father There are many words used in original Bible manuscripts which translate to the English "god. These words are all common nouns which can mean "great" or "mighty" or "ruler" and are used to describe the many different gods mentioned in the Bible.
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The Bible mentions that, in many cases, some mortal men are considered gods. Moses was called a god: