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What should be cautioned is modern Christians using such a doubtful and spurious text as a positive Trinitarian proof text. While the content of the Comma is certainly true, theologically; its spurious nature and almost certain inauthenticity renders it poor as a proof text.
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1Jn_5:7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
Really and how is that possible since the Nicene Creed was written in 325AD and the first appearance of the Apostle Creed was in 340AD and it wasn't until about 390AD before anyone mentioned it was written by the Apostle's? What is political about the creed and if it was political what was the goal or objective in writing it?
Even though the word trinity does not exist in the bible the concept does. The trinity is the three forms of god. God the father, God the son and God the spirit.
God made it this way so the wise would know/see it. God has made his wisdom seem foolish to the 'wise' human. Human wisdom is foolish to God
The Bible only refers to God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. It is foolishness to identify Jesus as God the Son and the Holy Spirit as God the Spirit. That is non-biblical!
The Bible only refers to God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. It is foolishness to identify Jesus as God the Son and the Holy Spirit as God the Spirit. That is non-biblical!
Please look at the Nicene Creed again. It is very similar to traditional creeds such as those that the Apostles Creed developed from. It adds to them mainly in the area of how the Son is related to the Father.Irrespective of the timing, Apostles Creed is a good gist of the the NT base. Emperor Constantine was more inclined to bring unity among two groups of people believing in Jesus to stabilize his empire. He was least interested in the truth! When clergy tasted power for the first time, they were ready to compromise by adding statements that are not supported by the Bible.
I'm following your valuable comments. I see the following from yours:-The debate between Arians and others was whether the Logos was actually God or an inferior entity. This was ultimately a question of how Scripture is to be understood, much like the contemporary debate with JW's. The majority believed that in John 1, the assertion was that the Word is God. All the additional language does is make that understanding clear. If you don't like the way the Trinity developed, you should probably look at later documents, not the Nicene Creed. (And you shouldn't do it here, since New Christians is a group for orthodox Christians only.)
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