Jesus was a radical and was certainly no ordinary Jew and even called them hypocrites - Matt. 23:13 KJV
The closest doctrine to that of Christ is the present day Christ Adelphians. The trinity doctrine was a later ' development ' that corrupted that Original teaching.
THE TRINITY ADMITTED NOT TO BE A SCRIPTURAL DOCTRINE
In view of these repeated and consistent statements and inferences of the subordinate position of Jesus one can understand why most Trinitarians admit that their doctrine of God cannot be found in the Bible. The late Dr. W R Matthews, Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, wrote:
28. A & R Hanson: "Reasonable Belief, A survey of the Christian Faith, p.171-173,1980
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The closest doctrine to that of Christ is the present day Christ Adelphians. The trinity doctrine was a later ' development ' that corrupted that Original teaching.
THE TRINITY ADMITTED NOT TO BE A SCRIPTURAL DOCTRINE
In view of these repeated and consistent statements and inferences of the subordinate position of Jesus one can understand why most Trinitarians admit that their doctrine of God cannot be found in the Bible. The late Dr. W R Matthews, Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, wrote:
"It must be admitted by everyone who has the rudiments of an historical sense that the doctrine of the Trinity, as a doctrine, formed no part of the original message. St Paul knew it not, and would have been unable to understand the meaning of the terms used in the theological formula on which the Church ultimately agreed". (27)
Or more recently:
"In order to understand the doctrine of the Trinity it is necessary to understand that the doctrine is a development, and why it developed. ... It is a waste of time to attempt to read Trinitarian doctrine directly off the pages of the New Testament". (28)
27. "God in Christian Thought and Experience", p.180
28. A & R Hanson: "Reasonable Belief, A survey of the Christian Faith, p.171-173,1980
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