tertullian came up with the doctrine of the trinity.
who came up with the doctrine of the trinity?
tertullian
william barclay, a church of scotland minister, says: "it is important and helpful to remember that the word trinity is not itself a new testament word. it is even true in at least one sense to say that the doctrine of the trinity is not directly new testament doctrine. it is rather a deduction from and an interpretation of the thought and the language of the new testament." the "new catholic encyclopedia" states : "the doctrine of the holy trinity is not taught [explicitly] in the [old testament]", "the formulation 'one god in three persons' was not solidly established [by a council] ... prior to the end of the 4th century." similarly, "encyclopedia encarta" states: "the doctrine is not taught explicitly in the new testament, where the word god almost invariably refers to the father. ... the term "trinitas" was first used in the 2nd century, by the latin theologian tertullian, but the concept was developed in the course of the debates on the nature of christ ... in the 4th century, the doctrine was finally formulated". "encyclopædia britannica" says: "neither the word trinity nor the explicit doctrine appears in the new testament, nor did jesus and his followers intend to contradict the shema in the old testament: "hear, o israel: the lord our god is one lord" (). ... the doctrine developed gradually over several centuries and through many controversies. ... by the end of the 4th century, under the leadership of basil of caesarea, gregory of nyssa, and gregory of nazianzus (the cappadocian fathers), the doctrine of the trinity took substantially the form it has maintained ever since." the "anchor bible dictionary" states: "one does not find in the nt the trinitarian paradox of the coexistence of the father, son, and spirit within a divine unity."
nontrinitarianism
bullet::::- webb, eugene, "in search of the triune god: the christian paths of east and west" (columbia, mo: university of missouri press, 2014)





















































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bullet::::- trinity entry at the stanford encyclopedia of philosophy





















































bullet::::- a formulation and defense of the doctrine of the trinity a brief historical survey of patristic trinitarian thought





















































bullet::::- doctrine of the trinity





















































bullet::::- trinity article at theopedia





















































bullet::::- eastern orthodox trinitarian theology





















































bullet::::- doctrine of the trinity reading room: extensive collection of on-line sources on the trinity (tyndale seminary)
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