Matthew 28:19 in the King James Version "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost"

The word, "trinity," is not in the Bible. There are many passages which assign the various unique attributes of God to the Father, the Son and the Spirit. Though hundreds of direct and indirect references can be listed, a few simple examples go like this: The Bible clearly teaches there is only one God. "There is no one like you, O LORD , and there is no God but you" 1 Chr 17:20 "Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me." Isa 43:10 The Bible teaches that God raised Jesus from the dead. "God has raised this Jesus to life." Acts 2:32 Jesus said that after they destroy his body "I will raise it up." Jn 2:19-21 Either Jesus was wrong, or Jesus is God. Jesus said "I will ask the Father, and He will give you another... the Spirit." Jn 14:16,17 So we know from this grammar that the Father is not the Son and the Spirit is not the Son or the Father, etc. From these passages, and many others like them, theologians conclude that there is one divine being, one God, one "what" and that God exists as three "whos". Oversimplifying: God has a much more complex personality than we humans, and the Bible speaks of this "trinity" in hundreds of verses in both the Old and New Testaments. See http://www.equip.org/free/DT160.htm for additional references.

It doesn't, The idea of the trinity has done nothing but confuse people. The Bible says God is one yet man insist on trying to prove the Father,Son,and Holy Ghost and give a nickname. It is not the "holy trinity" he is God! The father in creation, the son in redemption and the holy ghost indwelling his people. The mystery is not who God is,but how he did what he did. (1Ti 3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.)

American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source trin·i·ty (trĭn'ĭ-tē) Pronunciation Key n. pl. trin·i·ties A group consisting of three closely related members. Also called triunity. Trinity Theology In most Christian faiths, the union of three divine persons, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, in one God. Also called Trine. OK that is the definition of what trinity means. The word unless used in theology has a meaning of its own. Since the word means three and in translation of the many bible versions, it has been used to refer to The Father, The Son and THe Holy Ghost. source Archbisop and Theologist Fr. Satunario

"Trinity" is a term that is not found in the Bible but a word used to describe what is apparent about God in the Scriptures. The Bible clearly speaks of God the Father, God the Son (Jesus Christ), and God the Holy Spirit...and also clearly presents that there is only one God. Thus the term: "Tri" meaning three, and "Unity" meaning one, Tri+Unity = Trinity. It is a way of acknowledging what the Bible reveals to us about God, that God is yet three "Persons" who have the same essence of deity. Some have tried to give human illustrations for the Trinity, such as H2O being water, ice and steam (all different forms, but all are H2O). Another illustration is an egg having a shell, egg yolk and egg white, but this egg illustration shows that there would be "parts" to God, which isn't the case. God the Son (Jesus) is fully, completely God. God the Father is fully, completely God. And God the Holy Spirit is fully, completely God. Yet there is only one God. In our world, with our limited human experience, it's tough to understand the Trinity. But from the beginning we see God this way in Scripture. Notice the plural pronouns "us" and "our" in Genesis 1:26 -- Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground." Though not a complete list, here is some other Scripture that shows God is one, in Trinity: "Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one!" (Deut. 6:4) "I am the LORD, and there is no other; Besides Me there is no God." (Isa. 45:5) There is no God but one. (1Cor. 8:4) And after being baptized, Jesus went up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon Him, and behold, a voice out of the heavens, saying, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well-pleased." (Matt. 3:16-17) "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit." (Matt. 28:19) Jesus said: "I and the Father are one." (John 10:30) "He who has seen Me has seen the Father." (John 14:9) "He who beholds Me beholds the One who sent Me." (John 12:45) If anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him. (Rom. 8:9) "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for that which has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit." (Matt. 1:20) And the angel answered and said to her [Mary], "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; and for that reason the holy offspring shall be called the Son of God." (Luke 1:35) [Jesus speaking to His disciples] "And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not behold Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you, and will be in you." ... "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him, and make Our abode with him." (John 14:16-17, 23) Taken from everystudent.com

It doesn't.

trinity is a dogma it means the teaching of the church. it is developed. bible does not mention it but there are some verses if one puts it together he can make a conclusion like this doctrine. yet, i think, it is wrong to put ones faith opun such a conclusion.

The Trinity itself would have been a socio-political creation by the church to strengthen its beliefs and to prevent any possible heresy. At the Council of Nicea, a protest was made under the nature of Christ as not begotten of the Father, but rather created by the Father and therefore a separate entity. This would have led to a contradiction with the first commandment, which is why the church created the concept of the Trinity to fix the dogma in place. Which would be why Catholics affirm a belief in Christ as the son "begotten of the Father" in the Nicene Creed.

Nowhere. But it is IMPLIED in many places throughout the bible. Implied means basically that something is not directly stated, but is indicated to exist. Allow me to help you understand how something that is implied works. Say you have just bought a used car with a 3000 mile "bumper-to-bumper" warranty. Now, let's say that you have just lost reverse gear on your transmission. Do you take it to the dealer to have it fixed ? After all, it isn't directly stated that they will repair the transmission. Yes, they will. It is IMPLIED by the statement " 'bumper-to-bumper' warranty". Hope this helps you to understand better. p.s. The Lord is to be worshipped in SPIRIT and in TRUTH, not just in Truth.

a good place for you to get information concerning the Holy Trinity , if you are really interested in learning, is: http://www.christian-thinktank.com/trin01.html

1 John 5:7 in the King James Bible supports the doctrine of the Trinity, although the word "Trinity" is a man-made word, the doctrine itself is indeed Scriptural. In fact, in Genesis 1:1 in the Hebrew language the Hebrew word for God in that passage is "Elohiym" which is plural yet God is a single Deity. The Bible is clear that there is only One God (See Isaiah 44:6) yet it is also clear that He manifests Himself in three Persons. Thus, three Persons, yet One single Divine substance and Being. I hope that this helps. Thank you and God bless you!

In the Garden of Eden, Satan's mission wasn't to make Adam worship Satan...it was for Adam to stop worshiping Jehovah. The Roman Catholic Church invented the Trinity. They also killed anyone who would dare possess a Bible. In fact they did that in order control the Bible, and ultimately to strip Jehovah's name from the Bible...often replacing it with LORD. Then they found ways to distract you from true worship - to God - the ONE God - Jehovah. They told people to pray to Saints, to Mary, to the 'Spirit', Jesus and a nameless faceless three headed god - the Trinity. Worship anything, so long as it isn't Jehovah. This teaching from this most corrupt government/church, then flowed down to the church's that splintered from it....Protestants. If you read the Bible without indoctrination of Trinitarian Church's....it's very clear. Jesus is a son...the first born....beloved by Jehovah....and given the most important role of all. Look at Hebrews 1....be honest and use common sense. That's a book for the Jewish people who had known Jehovah for a millennium. If at ANY POINT the Bible would explain this three-headed god...this is it. No. It explains an awesome father...God...Jehovah....and the love and awesome new role he has for his son...Jesus. No mention that they are the same being....cause they aren't. Or, ignore all that, and just keep being mislead. Pray to everyone but God. Jesus said.... Our father, who is in heaven, hallowed is your name..... Do you praise the name of the person Jesus was speaking to? Does your church? I doubt it.

There is no mention of the word trinity anywhere in the Bible, neither in the OT nor the NT. However, the word appears in the HQ. It says “O People of the Book! Commit no excesses in your religion: Nor say of God aught but the truth. Christ Jesus the son of Mary was a messenger of God (a Prophet) and His (God's) Word, which He (God) bestowed on Mary, and a spirit proceeding from Him: so believe in God and His messengers. And SAY NOT "Trinity" : desist: it will be better for you: for God is one God: Glory be to Him: (far exalted is He) above having a son. To Him belong all things in the heavens and on earth. And enough is God as a Disposer of affairs" HQ 4:171 “Christ dispises not to serve and worship God, nor do the angels, those nearest (to God): those who disdain His worship and are arrogant,-He will gather them all together unto Himself to (answer).” HQ 4:172 “They do blaspheme who say: God is one of three in a Trinity: for there is no god except One God. If they desist not from their word (of blasphemy), verily a grievous penalty will befall the blasphemers among them.” HQ 5:73

Apparently, it doesn't. But the 'doctrine of the trinity is encapsulated in Matthew 28:19'. "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." LMAO how skewed could it possible be? Isn't there an entire religion based around the Trinity? My God. P.S. Awesome question, I'm glad I did that research.

Hello ammaz1, we are studying this right now in class and from what we have been taught(based on the Baptist way of teaching) There is no where in the bible that it actually says the Trinity, but instead scriptures put together refer to a Trinity, which is basically a word man made up for The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit. I can give you some of the versus we have been reading though if you like, just let me know. The easiest way I can explain why we believe there is a Trinity is it's kind of like someone that has split personalities. In one respect you have God the other, Jesus, then lastly The Holy Spirit, this is the easiest way I can explain what we see. There are scriptures that we study that refer to all these being one and our pastor says that the Holy Spirit is a "he" rather then an "it" from what the language that was used when the book was written transcribes it as. Let me know if you want versus, I also have an easy look up book that could probably tell me easily.;~}

The Bible doesn't use that word. Many verses in the Bible can be understood to mean that Jesus, the Spirit and God are one (http://bibleprobe.com/jesus-is-God.htm). The use of the word trinity to capture the concept of a three-in-one God was coined only in the Third Century AD. (http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf03.v.ix.ii.html)

The doctrine of the Holy Trinity states there is one true God who is made up of three separate but equal persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The Bible does not contain the word Trinity. However, the Holy Trinity is hinted at repeatedly in both the Old and New Testaments. For many biblical references, see: http://www.cwo.com/~pentrack/catholic/Trinity.txt Under the influence of the Holy Spirit, the early Christians prayed and struggled over these hints for a couple of centuries. The concept of the Holy Trinity (three equal persons in one God) was mainstream Christianity in 325 C.E. at the Council of Nicaea and our belief is expressed in the Nicene Creed. How this works is not fully known and is one the Christian mysteries. The doctrine of the Holy Trinity is shared by most Christian denominations including Roman and Orthodox Catholics, Lutherans, Anglicans, Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians, Pentecostals, Episcopalians, and the Salvation Army. There is a story told about St Augustine: Augustine was walking along the seashore trying to figure out the mystery of the Holy Trinity and came up to a little boy. The boy was trying to pour the ocean into a hole in the sand with a seashell. Augustine told the boy what he was doing was impossible. Then the little boy told Augustine that it is also impossible for the mind of man to try to understand the mystery of the Holy Trinity. The little boy turned into an angel and disappeared. For more information, see Catechism of the Catholic Church, sections 232 and following: http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt1sect2chpt1art1p2.htm#232 The major non-Trinitarian churches are Christadelphianism, Christian Science, Jehovah’s Witnesses, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Arian Catholicism, Unitarianism, Nontrinitarianism, and Oneness Pentecostals. With love in Christ.

Pentecostals believe believe that Jesus is God Manifested in to human flesh. They ALso believe that your baptized in Jesus name not in the father the son and the holy spirit. (Acts 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.)

Nowhere. It is just a theory. The terms father, son and holy spirit do all relate to God but the scriptures themselves indicate that these terms are interchangeable. They all refer to Jesus. Trinitarians accept that Jesus was the son. However Jesus is also the rock, who is our father, the author of life. See 1 Corinthians 10:4, Deuteronomy 32, Acts 3:15. The Lord Jesus is also plainly stated to be the spirit in 2 Corinthians 3:17 and again in 2 Corinthians 3:18. See also Hebrews 3, John 14 and 1 John 3:1. There is only one name by which we must be saved, Jesus the father, son and holy spirit. Acts 4:10-12, Matthew 28:18-19. Best wishes, Eddie Cairns.

how can an utterly false doctrinal teaching like that be found in scripture it totally discredits GOD check out that doctrines history in any Encyclopedia on its origins and who promoted its idea

1) "The Comma Johanneum is a comma (a short clause) contained in most translations of the First Epistle of John published from 1522 until the latter part of the nineteenth century, owing to the widespread use of the third edition of the Textus Receptus (TR) as the sole source for translation. In translations containing the clause, such as the King James Version, 1 John 5:7-8 reads as follows (with the Comma in bold print): 5:7 "For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. 5:8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one." The resulting passage is an explicit reference to the Trinity of Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and for this reason some Christians are resistant to the elimination of the Comma from modern Biblical translations. Nonetheless, nearly all recent translations have removed this clause, as it does not appear in older copies of the Epistle and it is not present in the passage as quoted by any of the early Church Fathers, who would have had plenty of reason to quote it in their Trinitarian debates (for example, with the Arians), had it existed then. Most Churches now agree that the theology contained in the Comma is true, but that the Comma is not an original part of the Epistle of John." "Several early sources which one might expect to include the Comma Johanneum in fact omit it." "Excerpt from Codex Sinaiticus including 1 John 5:7–9. It lacks the Comma Johanneum. The purple-coloured text says: "There are three witness bearers, the Spirit and the water and the blood"." "The English scholar Isaac Newton (1643–1727), best known today for his many contributions to mathematics and physics, also wrote extensively on Biblical matters. In a 1690 treatise entitled An Historical Account of Two Notable Corruptions of Scripture, Newton observed: "In all the vehement universal and lasting controversy about the Trinity in Jerome's time and both before and long enough after it, this text of the 'three in heaven' was never once thought of. It is now in everybody’s mouth and accounted the main text for the business and would assuredly have been so too with them, had it been in their books." Newton's history of the Comma Johanneum reflects his belief that Church history was one of progressive decay from a pure original and that the Comma was introduced, intentionally or by accident, into a Latin text during the fourth or fifth century, a time when he believed the Church to be ripe with corruption." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma_Johanneum 2) "Christian Unitarians, Restorationists, and others question the doctrine of the Trinity because it relies on non-Biblical terminology. The term "Trinity" is not found in scripture and the number three is never associated with God in any sense other than within the Comma Johanneum. Detractors hold that the only number ascribed to God in the Bible is One and that the Trinity, literally meaning three-in-one, ascribes a threeness to God that is not Biblical. Several other examples of terms not found in the Bible include multiple “Persons” in relation to God, the terms “God the Son” and “God the Holy Spirit”, and “eternally” begotten. For instance, a basic tenet of Trinitarianism is that God is made up of three distinct Persons (hypostasis). The term hypostasis is used only one time Biblically in reference to God (Hebrews 1:3), where it states that Jesus is the express image of God's person (hypostasis). The Bible never uses the term in relation to the Holy Spirit nor explicitly mentions the Son having a distinct hypostasis from the Father. As regards the major term homoousios (of the same essence), which was introduced into the Creed at the First Council of Nicea, Pier Franco Beatrice has stated: "The main thesis of this paper is that homoousios came straight from Constantine's Hermetic background. [...] The Plato recalled by Constantine is just a name used to cover precisely the Egyptian and Hermetic theology of the "consubstantiality" of the Logos-Son with the Nous-Father, having recourse to a traditional apologetic argument. […] Constantine's Hermetic interpretation of Plato's theology and consequently the emperor's decision to insert homoousios in the Creed of Nicaea." Trinitarians maintain that these ideas are implied within scripture and were necessary additions of the Nicene Era to counter the doctrine of Arianism." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nontrinitarianism

2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness. Galatians 1:11-12 I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel I preached is not something that man made up. I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ. 2 Timothy 3:16 tells us that the Bible was "breathed out" by God. Galatians 1: 11-12 tells us that the gospel was a revelation from Jesus Christ himself, which was recorded by Jesus disciples and Paul. God himself chose the disciples and the people whom He knew were going to spread His word and write the Bible. The Bible was written by approximately 40 men of diverse backgrounds over the course of 4000 years. Despite being penned by different authors over 40 centuries, the Bible does not contradict itself and does not contain any errors. The authors all present different perspectives, but they all proclaim the same one true God, and the same one way of salvation—Jesus Christ (John 14:6; Acts 4:12). In John 8:58 "I tell you the truth," Jesus answered, "before Abraham was born, I am!" The above verse speaks a lot about who Jesus really is. All about Jesus and the Holy Trinity explained in the below website. http://jesustrinity.blogspot.com Lots of videos, sermons, songs are also present, along with all of Jesus miracles, his parables, and questions on his birth, crucifixion, resurrection are answered. Many major questions on Christianity are answered with lot of examples that cannot be denied by anyone, such as, 1) Did Jesus really exist? Is He God? Why did He suffer on the Cross? 2) What is so special about Jesus? Why cant I just view him as an ordinary man or a teacher or a prophet? Why should I see him as God? Pasting a small part from the website. Visit the website to strengthen your faith in Jesus or to know more about Him. Jesus is God. 1.Thomas calls Jesus God in John 20:28 (Note, Thomas addresses Jesus specifically.) 2. Jesus is God in Heb. 1:8 3. John the apostle states that Jesus was the Word which was God that became flesh (John 1:1-14) 4. The phrase "Call upon the name of the LORD" (Hebrew, YHWH, i.e., Psalm 116:4) used only of God on the OT, and translated into the Greek in the LXX as "Call upon the name of the LORD (greek, KURIOS)," applied to Jesus in the NT (1 Cor. 1:2) Jesus is God in flesh 5. The apostle John says that Jesus was , "…calling God His own Father, making Himself equal to God," (John 5:18) 6. Jesus said that He and the Father are One (John 10:30), that caused the Pharisees to claim that Jesus was making Himself out to be God. 7. Jesus knew all things (John 21:17) 8. Jesus knew all men (John 16:30) 9. Jesus is everywhere (Matt. 28:20) 10. Jesus Christ, dwells in you (Col. 1:27) 11. Jesus is the exact representation of the Nature of God (Heb. 1:3) 12. Jesus is eternal (Micah 5:1-2) 13. Jesus gives eternal life (John 10:27-28) 14. Jesus is our only Lord and Master (Jude 4) 15. Jesus is called the Mighty God (Isaiah 9:6) 16. Jesus is called the Mighty God (Isaiah 9:6) and "God" also be called the Mighty God in Isaiah 10:21 17. Jesus is able to raise Himself from the dead (John 2:19-21) 18. Jesus created all things (Col. 1:16-17), it is God who created all things by Himself (Isaiah 44:24) 19. Jesus searches the hearts and minds of the people (Rev. 2:23) 20. Jesus is worshiped (Matt. 2:2-11; Matt.14:33; Matt.28:9; John 9:35-38; Heb. 1:6) Only God can be worshipped (Matt. 4:10) (same Greek word for worship is used in each place.) 21. In the OT God was seen (Exodus 6:2-3;Exodus 24:9-11; Num. 12:6-9; Acts7:2), yet no man can see God (Exodus 33:20; John 1:18). It was not the Father that was seen in the OT (John 6:46). Who, then were they seeing? See John 8:58. 22. Jesus claimed the divine name, "I AM", for Himself in John 8:58 see Exodus 3:14. 23. Jesus says you must honor him even as you honor the Father (John 5:23). 24. Jesus gives life (John 5:21). 25. Jesus bears witness of Himself (John 8:18;John 14:6). 26. Jesus is the One who will judge you on judgement day (John 5:22-23). Only God can be the judge. 27. Jesus forgives sins (Luke 5:20) (Luke 24:47,Acts 10:43) .Only God can forgive sins. http://jesustrinity.blogspot.com

It is not in the Bible.

Gospel of St. John 1:01

The series of events and people who brought the Trinity doctrine as it appears is as follows. We find in the new Testament that the early church preached nothing about a trinity of three eternal persons. The Old Testament was based on the Oneness of the Godhead as clearly revealed in Old Testament writings such as Deuteronomy 6:4, Isaiah chapters 40-50, and Exodus 20:1-5. The apostles believed in the fullness of the Godhead as dwelling in Jesus Christ bodily. Colossians 2:9 For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. After the Apostolic age, the Post-Apostolic Age (AD 90-140) arrived. The writers Clement, Ignatius, Polycarp and Hermas were the only writers of the age whose studies are intact today. In their writings, these men said nothing about a Trinity of three eternal persons. Calvin Biesner, the evangelical author, wrote in the book, God in Three Persons, that the earliest times exhibited no clear statements about any Trinity whatsoever and that the first two centuries promoted monotheism as the main thought. The Post-Apostolic writers simply stressed the One God concept as found in the Old Testiment. Then the Greek Apologists came along, writing studies that gave the name to the Age as the Greek Apologists from AD 130-180. In this Age the first clear changeover to the biblical Oneness towards the trinitarian concept occurred. The main reason the change over occurred was due to their idea of what the term “Logos” found in John 1:1, meant. John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word (Logos), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The Greek philosophers of prechristian days taught the existence of a Logos. These Apologists entered Christianity in the second century and promoted this pagan idea in the church. They claimed that John meant for his readers to understand that Jesus was the same Logos that the prechristian Greeks believed in, although these Greeks knew nothing about the true God nor of Jesus Christ. They believed the Logos was a second divine person subservient to the Father. This is not believed today by by trinitarians, as they feel the Son and the Father are equal, even though the origin of the idea of two persons comes from these Apologists. The first roots of the trinity came in this age. There was a definite modification of the baptismal formula. The first recorded trinitarian water baptism reference.."For, in the name of God, the Father and Lord of the universe, and of the Savior Jesus Christ, and of the Holy Spirit, they then receive the washing with water." 140 AD by Justin Martyr. They began baptizing in the titles Father, Son and Holy Ghost, rather than invoke the name Jesus as we find it in Acts 2:38, 8:16, 10:48, and 19:5. They denied the absolute deity of Jesus Christ. The points that these philosophers held to that are in agreement with modern-day trinitarianism are: 1) the Logos being the second divine person 2) the idea that the Logos was begotten before a certain point of time 3) the Logos is the Son of God 4) a baptismal formula that consisted of a three-fold invocation 5) and the idea that the Spirit somehow linked the Father and the Son together. They attempted to deal with the “plurality” issue of God. Trinity doctrine was as yet invented as a solution.The next age occurred between AD 170 and 325, and is called the Old Catholic Age. The process had already started with a threesome of persons comprising One God in the previous Age. In the latter half of the fourth century, an orthodox Trinitarian doctrine was finally established. Many writers of this Age commented about the Oneness doctrine, revealing that Oneness doctrine was the dominant doctrine held by believers in the first part of the Old Catholic Age. These writers gave evidence that proves that Jesus’ name baptism was carried on widely despite the growing popularity of a “Trinity” doctrine of God. Trinitarianism first came with the idea that Jesus was a separate person from the Father and a deity who was inferior to the Father. The original founders of the trinity never departed from that belief. Only until the time of the fourth century did trinitarians begin changing this flaw of thinking. At that time they began saying that the three eternal persons were co eternal, co equal and co substantial. It is notable that early trinitarians rejected the idea that Jesus is God. Men continued rejecting the trinity of persons. Irenaeus wrote in the beginning of the Old Catholic Age and stated that God is One, and that Jesus is God. He believed that the Word is the mind and expression of the Father and that the Son is the invisible Fathers visible revelation (Colossians 1:12-15). He said the name of Jesus reveals the Father and belongs to the Father. (Matthew 28:19, Acts 2:38, Ephesians 3:14-15, Philippians 2:9) Although he did not fully teach a trinity of persons, he was partway there in believing a trinity since he looked at the Logos as originally being in God and that is somehow, later became distinct from the Father. It was in this Age that the first man to coin the word “Trinity” came along named Tertullian (AD 150-225) and the first one to say that God was three persons in one substance around the year of 197 AD. Never before Tertullian had anyone heard of the word “Trinity”. This man was originally “Binatarian” - having believed in two persons. Tertullian believed that the Holy Ghost was more of a “thing” and not God, himself. But the “Montanists” taught him to believe in the Paraclete as being more personal than what he formerly felt. Thus the Holy Spirit became the third eternal person in his later thinking. In his book Against Hermogenes, Tertullian believed God was originally alone and not yet, therefore, a Father. The Son was created at a certain point, making God into a Father. He wrote, “The Trinity, flowing down from the Father, does not at all disturb the Monarchy [one sovereign God], while at the same time guards the state of the Economy [three persons],” in his book Against Praxeas, a book that Modalism or Oneness. He said that the Father and the Son are like the Sun and its rays. The light rays and the Sun are one, but yet they are two different things. He taught a new concept saying that the Son is merely “a portion of the whole Godhead”. He did not believe the three persons were eternal, as do the Trinitarians do today. After Tertullian, came Origen (AD 185-254). This man gained much of his thoughts from pagan philosophy of the Greeks. He believed that souls pre-existed conception and that even Satan would eventually be saved. He believed Jesus was born of the Father before all other creatures, and that “the Holy Spirit was associated in honor and dignity with the Father and the Son. But in His case it is not clearly distinguished whether he is to be regarded as born or innate, or also as a Son of God or not,” according to his book, On the Principles. Origen was the first who clearly taught that there were three persons who were eternal. He taught that the Son eternally was being generated from the Father. (1:2:2, 1:2:4) Towards the end of this age, more and more writers began expressing their beliefs about God in trinitarian terms. Yet they still saw the Son and the Spirit as inferior to the Father. Only two men seemed to write in what is agreeable to the modern trinitarian doctrine. These men were Gregory Thaumaturgus and Dionysius of Rome. Most of the fourth century passed before the orthodox trinitarian doctrine was created. Please note that trinitarianism was originated by people who did not believe in the absolute deity of Jesus Christ. Modern day trinitarians do not even agree with what the originators of the Trinity believed! By the end of the fourth century there was a great controversy between those who believed that Jesus was another being separate from God and inferior to God, and those who believed that Jesus was a co eternal person beside the Father making up one God. Athanasius led the group who believed in three persons while Arius led the other group. In AD 325, Athanasius’ view won the day at the Nicean Council. But the idea of a trinity was not completely declared until the Council at Constantinople in AD 381. It was there and then they declared God to be three eternal persons. At this latter Council they declared the Holy Spirit was a third eternal person. The Athanasian Creed is the declaration held by Roman Catholics and most Protestants today. It was created in the fifth century. Modern orthodox trinitarianism stands on this creed. In order to accept the doctrine of the trinity one must believe what the Roman Catholic Church teaches doctrine of the tradition and Magesteruim. This doctrine declares that the Apostles did not have all the truths of God and that the “Church” formulated doctrines after the Bible was written which are to be reckoned to be as important as the truths explicitly taught in the Bible. Since Trinity was not taught in the Bible, but formulated in the fourth century, it nevertheless must be believed since the “Church” said it was true. God did not intend us to think we could add to the words of the Bible by formulating doctrines, which were not taught in Scripture. Revelations 22:18-19 specifically forbids all from adding or taking away from the scriptures. Hence this strange doctrine was not even formulated or made up until the fourth century, and must be referred to as the “word of man” rather than the “Word of God.” And since these terms and their doctrines are the word of man, they must not be elevated as Truth. Jesus said, “thy Word is truth". And not “mans word is truth.” (John 17:17) Consider the following as support of the previous history given on the Trinity. Trinity: According to the Christian doctrine of the Trinity, God is, at the same time, one indivisible substance or being and also three distinct persons: God the Father, God the son (or Logos, who appeared on earth as Jesus Christ), and God the Holy Spirit (or Holy Ghost). All three persons are divine, all three have existed from the beginning of eternity, and all three are equally to be worshiped; and yet there are not three gods but one. The concept of the Trinity does not appear in any specific form in the Bible. However, many theologians believe that several Biblical passages refer to it indirectly. The most important reference is Matthew 28:19, in which Jesus commands his disciples baptize people in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Yet, Jesus came in the name of the father, (Which is Jesus, John 5:43.) and of the son was named Jesus, (Matthew 1:21) and the Holy Spirit was sent in Jesus name. (John 14:26) The doctrine of the Trinity was developed after the second century A.D. in response to religious philosophies that either denied that Jesus was divine or claimed that the Son and the Holy Spirit were inferior to the Father. In 325 A. D. the Council of Nicaea condemned the most widespread of these philosophies, Arianism, and formulated the Nicene Creed. This creed accepted the Son as equal to and of the same substance as God the Father, and required the adoration of all three persons. Another doctrine, which influenced the followers of Saint Augustine and the scholastic, was called modalism. Members of the Trinity were regarded as three modes, or forms of activity, in which God manifested himself, rather than three distinct persons. In the sixth century the Roman Catholic Church added to its creed that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son. The Eastern Orthodox Church defined the procession as from the Father through the Son. The Roman interpretation, known as the filioque, became a point of dissention that that helped cause the permanent separation of the two churches. The doctrine of the Trinity is not accepted by several Christian groups most notably the Apostolics, Pentecostals, and the Unitarians. The trinity theory is one of the major reasons for the Jewish rejection of Christianity.

The Encyclopedia Americana 1956 "Christianity derived from Judaism and Judaism was strictly Unitarian (believing in one God). The road which led from Jerusalem to Nicea was scarcely a straight one. Fourth century trinitarianism did not reflect accurately early Christian teaching regarding the nature of God; it was, on the contrary, a deviation from this teaching." The trinity is a deviation from believing in one God; it is a deviation from what the early church taught and it is a deviation from the scripture. The New Catholic Encyclopedia 1967 "The formulation 'one God in three persons' was not solidly established, certainly not fully assimilated into Christian life and its profession of faith, prior to the end of the 4th century." Who is Jesus? Anthony Buzzard "The Old Testament is a strictly monotheistic. God is a single personal being. The idea that a trinity is to be found there or even in any way shadowed forth, is an assumption that has long held sway in theology, but is utterly without foundation." The New Encyclopedia Britannica 1976 "Neither the word trinity, nor the explicit doctrine as such, 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' (Deut. 6:4). . . The doctrine developed gradually over several centuries and through many controversies. . . . By the end of the 4th century . . . the doctrine of the trinity took substantially the form it has maintained ever since." The Shema consists of three sections of scripture Deuteronomy 6:4-9, 11:13-21, and Numbers 15:37-41. It is called the Shema after the Hebrew word hear, the first word in Deut. 6:4. The Shema was to be recited twice daily once upon arising and once when going to bed. So the Old Testament Jews would start and finish their day with 'Hear O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord.' The Complete Word Study Old Testament 1994 "To the Jew, (Deut. 6:4-9) this is the most important text in the Old Testament. Jesus himself called the injunction in 6:5 'the first and great commandment' Matt.22:36-38. . . Moses is teaching not only the priority of belief in one God, but also a means to preserve that belief. As time went on, the proper understanding of the Shema with its spiritual implications was no longer grasped by the people. This absence of saving knowledge became a factor in their spiritual downfall."

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