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athanasius would change his view several times and in the end he sided with constintine. the majority agreed at the final council but that was only because the ones that shared a different view were not invited.
i have no problem with those that believe the trinity. i have a problem with counsels telling me what to believe rather then letting me make my choice by what i learn from the teachings of Jesus Himself.
What evidence do you have that St. Athanasius changed his views? Also don't forget that Constantine flip-flopped around a lot, exiling Arius, recalling Arius and banishing St. Athanasius, recalling St. Athanasius and banishing Arius again... At the end of the day, Constantine accepted an Arian baptism on his deathbed, not a Trinitarian one.
If Athanasius' views weren't accepted by the majority at the Council, then those views wouldn't have been confirmed as dogma by the Council. As it was, St. Athanasius' defense of the Trinity was upheld as having always been the faith of the Church.
The Trinity itself means that there are three Persons who are one God, one in essence and undivided. Saying that only a minority believed that God is three Persons while a majority believed that God is Trinity is completely self-contradictory, because those two mean the same thing.
What version of the Trinity do you believe St. Athanasius believed? What works of his have you read to come to such a conclusion? If you know of works in which he disagrees with Nicea, I'd be interested to see them.I believe Athanasius had a different view of the Trinity that did not prevail. There is little doubt that they all believed in the Trinity.
I believe that is not everyone's definition of the Trinity and although one that Athanasius espoused not one upheld by the council.
What version of the Trinity do you believe St. Athanasius believed? What works of his have you read to come to such a conclusion? If you know of works in which he disagrees with Nicea, I'd be interested to see them.
St. Athanasius' own Statement of Faith (dated to roughly 328 AD) would suggest that he did believe in the Nicene definition: http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf204.x.ii.html
St. Athanasius also gave a defense of Nicea: Here he upholds the Council as binding, authoritative and legitimate, and here he defends its definitions of the Son, as well as its definitions of the Council's use of "one in essence". He cites other, earlier Church Fathers who espoused the same faith as that declared at Nicea.
Aha, that makes more sense. The Athanasian Creed was actually written long after St. Athanasius died (it was written in the 500's at the earliest), and is not a reflection of his theology.I have only read the Athanasian Creed. It espouses God in three persons and the Nicene Creed does not. And that distinction is made even before the confusion in English with the word person which can have many meanings that are not consistent with the Trinity.
Hi, I have a decades-long background as a Trinitarian (Catholic). I know you are sincere but I think at some point we may have to just admit that the Trinity theology doesn't make sense and the terminology is from dealing with Greek/Roman/pagans. I think Jews and the early Church know that using the term "Holy Spirit" from the OT (remember the NT was not even written/canonized yet) would distinguish the _one_ true God from pagan gods - paganism had a pervasive concept of "father gods" and "son gods"To the question "what are you?" all three could answer God. It is necessary to emphasize two points here:
The trinity was a way for the church to explain that they too were part of the monotheistic tradition of Judaism while at the same time still being able to worship Jesus as well as the One G-d.
What version of the Trinity do you believe St. Athanasius believed? What works of his have you read to come to such a conclusion? If you know of works in which he disagrees with Nicea, I'd be interested to see them.
St. Athanasius' own Statement of Faith (dated to roughly 328 AD) would suggest that he did believe in the Nicene definition: http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf204.x.ii.html
St. Athanasius also gave a defense of Nicea: Here he upholds the Council as binding, authoritative and legitimate, and here he defends its definitions of the Son, as well as its definitions of the Council's use of "one in essence". He cites other, earlier Church Fathers who espoused the same faith as that declared at Nicea.
I find no excuse for the Trinity, especially because Christians are using a Jew to make of him one of the three persons that constitute the Christian Trinity. I consider the attempt a double sin akin to the sin of King David when he caused the murder of Uriah in order to promote the adultery of his wife Bathsheba. If that's for lack of spiritual evidences, here are evidences from the point of view of Logic and Physics:
The Absolute Oneness of God
Isaiah says that, absolutely, God cannot be compared with anyone or anything, as we read Isaiah 46:5. "To whom will ye liken Me, and make Me equal to , or compare Me with, that we may be alike?"
Therefore, more than one God would have been unable to produce the world; one would have impeded the work of the other, unless this could be avoided by a suitable division of labor.
More than one Divine Being would have one element in common, and would differ in another; each would thus consist of two elements, and would not be God.
More than one God are moved to action by will; the will, without a substratum, could not act simultaneously in more than one being.
Therefore, the existence of one God is proved; the existence of more than one God cannot be proved. One could suggest that it would be possible; but since as possibility is inapplicable to God, there does not exist more than one God. So, the possibility of ascertaining the existence of God is here confounded with potentiality of existence.
Again, if one God suffices, a second or third God would be superfluous; if one God is not sufficient, he is not perfect, and cannot be a deity.
Now, besides being God absolutely One, He is incorporeal. If God were corporeal, He would consist of atoms, and would not be one; or he would be comparable to other beings; but a comparison implies the existence of similar and of dissimilar elements, and God would thus not be One. A corporeal God would be finite, and an external power would be required to define those limits.
Suggest: http://www.religiousforums.com/threads/the-trinity-is-wrong.6985/page-3#post-4931361I believe this statement is false. God doesn't need Christians to define Him.
I believe this statement is false. God doesn't need Christians to define Him. He is capable of doing it Himself.
I believe in doing so you blaspheme God.
I believe the Trinity is in agreement with that.
I believe this statement is false. God doesn't need Christians to define Him. He is capable of doing it Himself.
I believe in doing so you blaspheme God.
I believe the Trinity is in agreement with that.
I believe you can make false statements until you are blue in the face but you can't prove them because they are false.Nothing in the Christian Trinity could be in agreement with the absolute Oneness of God. (Isaiah 46:5)
I believe you can make false statements until you are blue in the face but you can't prove them because they are false.
~;> true christians never
believed on such a thing that came from those trinium god leaders who invented that so called the trinity doctrine
coz
it is contradicting unto this verses
as it is written
:read:
Hebrews 1:1
God, having in the past spoken to the fathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways,
2 has at the end of these days spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds.
3 His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had made, through himself , purification for sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
to be come one with
the almighty god the father
and
his only begotten son
our lord and saviour
along with all that is holy
doesnt mean everyone must needs to create a religion base on oneness
as they say
a religion created by men
is not inspired by god
just look unto those religions created by men
they were been manipulated by the triune god leaders who mind set those people so that they may believed on a personal relationship with
a system of biblical interpretation taught by man
:ty:
godbless
unto all always