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The doctrine of the Trinity was officially incorporated as church dogma at the Council of Nicea in 325 A.D. (Arius vs. Athanasius).
All but two of Arius’s supporters - Secundus of Ptolemais and Theonas of Marmarica - gave in and signed the Creed. Arius still refused. These three were sent into exile by Constantine the emperor. They were anathemized and condemned. To enforce the decisions of the Council, Constantine demanded, with the death penalty for disobedience, the burning of all books composed by Arius and deposed Eusebius of Nicomedia and another bishop who had been active in their support of Arius.
The dispute, though, continued throughout the fourth and fifth century.
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Arius His teaching was that the Father alone is God. The Logos or Son, Arius maintained, was a created being - formed out of nothing by the Father before the universe was made. He therefore said that there was a time when the Son had not existed.
According to Arius, the Son was the first and greatest of all that God had created; He was closer to God than all others, and the rest of creation related to God through the Son (for instance, God had created everything else through Christ).
Arius started with this premise: "One God, alone unbegotten, alone everlasting, alone unbegun, alone true, alone having immortality, alone wise, alone good, alone sovereign."
From this starting point, Arius ended up with the view that Christ was an intermediary distinct from the Father (or that there was a difference of substance (homoiousia), or essential being between the Father and the Son.)
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Anthanasius He took part in the Council of Nicaea, where he set forth his arguments for Christ’s full deity and equality with the Father.
How, Athanasius asked, could Christ make men partakers of the divine nature (cf. 2 Peter 1:4) if He Himself was less than God? If Christ is Saviour, He must be God and man in one person; in Christ the theanthropos, humanity has been lifted up into the very life of God.
Anthanasius also argued from the fact that the church worships Christ. How can we worship Him unless He is a God? If we are worshipping a created being, we are committing idolatry. A creature cannot possibly save us from sin.
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Sabellianism This heresy is named after Sabellius (early third century), an obscure Roman theologian. Sabellius taught that God is only one person, who acts now as Father in creating the universe, now as son in redeeming sinners, now as the Holy Spirit in sanctifying believers.
The three divine Persons he believed to be three different roles acted out by one divine Being, much as one human person might be a husband, a father and a clerk.
His view, of one sort or another, was quite popular in the early church, because it offered a way of believing in the deity of Christ while preserving the oneness of God.
The Church rejected Sabellianism because, among other things, it failed to preserve the personal relationships between the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, so prevalent in the New Testament. It makes nonsense of the prayer-life of Jesus in the Gospels.
Sabellianism is also known as Modalism (3 different modes of the same God), and Monarchianism (one rule of God through different roles).
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I John 5:17 This is one of core scriptures used to prove the doctrine of the Trinity. However, it isn’t listed in any Greek manuscript before the 1600s. The Bible translators inserted this verse to help support their belief in the Trinity.
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All pagan religions have common roots in the ancient rebellion and religion of Nimrod.
Nimrod Semiramis Tammuz
[Sumeria] Nana Anu Dumuzi [Babylon] Ishtar Bel Tammuz [Assyria] Asshur Ishtar Tammuz [Egypt] Osiris Isis Horus [Neo-Babylon] Ishtar Nebo Nin [Persia - Zoroaster] “Glory” “Guardian Spirit” “Material Body” [Greece] Zeus Hera Eros [Rome] Cybele Jupiter Cupid
Pre-existence of Christ
John 6:61 Jesus was in heaven before he came to this earth. John 3:13 The Son of man came down from heaven. John 1:30 John the Baptist was born before Jesus, but he knew that Jesus existed before him. John 8:56-58 Jesus existed even before Abraham. John 1:1-2,14 Christ was in the beginning with God. à Rev. 19:13 The Word of God is Jesus Christ. John 17:5 He had a glory with the Father even before the worlds were created. John 8:42 The Father sent him to this earth. [John 12:49; John 16:27-28] Prov. 8:22-30 Christ existed before the creation of the world. Micah 5:2 His going forth have been from old, from everlasting. Rev. 1:8 He is the beginning and the end.
Christ’s Pre-existent Beginning
Gen. 1:1 God had no beginning or ending. Psalms 90:2 From everlasting to everlasting thou art God. (No one was needed to create God.) Isa. 44:6 There is no other God. Deut. 6:4 Israel wasn’t to worship a plurality of Gods like the heathens did. Isa. 43:10 Jesus is the only God ever formed. John 3:16 Jesus was begotten of the Father. Isa. 44:8-20 God was vexed because of Israel’s worship of false Gods.
Jesus did not always co-exist, co-equal with his Father
John 14:28 God is greater than his son Jesus. Gen. 1:1 There was just God in the beginning. Prov. 8:23 Jesus had a beginning. Col. 1:14-15 Christ was the firstborn of creation. Rev. 3:14 Jesus was the first act of God’s creation. Micah 5:2 Jesus was the first of God’s creation. John 3:16 Jesus was begotten of the Father. Psalms 2:7
Christ the Creator
Heb. 11:3 The worlds were formed by Christ. Eph. 3:9 God created all things by Jesus Christ. Heb. 1:1-3 Christ, the son of God, created the worlds and now sits at the right-hand of God. Col. 1:16-17 By him (Christ) were all things created. I Cor. 8:5-7 All things are of God, but by Jesus. Prov. 8:22-31 Jesus is the creator – but he uses God’s power to perform the creative act.
Two (2) Gods
Gen. 1:26 Let us make man in our image. Gen. 11:7 Let us go down …. Isaiah 6:8 Who shall go for us? John 1:1 Jesus was with his Father. Luke 1:32 Christ was the “Son of the Highest”. Isaiah 7:14 God is the Highest; Jesus is the Son of the Highest. [Matt. 1:23; Luke 1:35] Heb. 1:8-9 Two Gods mentioned in this scripture. Psalms 78:35 Two separate Gods; one higher than the other. John 20:17 Christ ascended to his Father and God. Prov. 30:4 What is his name, and what is his son’s name? John 8:17-18 The testimony of two – Christ and the Father. Luke 4:41 The devils believed that Jesus was the Son of God (denoting two in the Godhead). Psalms 110:1 Two Lords, one speaking to the other. Isaiah 48:16
Holy Ghost not part of the Godhead
I Cor. 11:3 When Paul listed the order from God to woman, the Holy Ghost was not mentioned.
Woman has a head (man); man has a head (Christ); Christ has a head (God)
Isaiah 42:1 God being a separate entity – has a soul. Isaiah 53:10,12 Jesus being a separate entity – has a soul.
Nowhere in the Bible does it mention the Holy Ghost having a soul!
It is not a person, but a spirit. The essence of God himself.
John 16:13 Holy Ghost called ‘he’ because it comes from God – a masculine entity. Prov. 9:1 The Church is built on 7 pillars, not 8 and not 6.
1. God 2. Jesus 3. Apostles 4. Prophets 5. Evangelists 6. Pastors 7. Teachers
Exod. 25:17-22 There were two cherubims over the mercy seat, not one or three. James 2:19 James is not giving a lesson on the Godhead, but on faith (see v. 14-26).
Qualities of God (Deity)
Omniscience John 1:47-48 Jesus saw Nathaniel while he was still miles away. Matt. 17:27 Jesus knew that there was a fish with money in its mouth in the sea. Matt. 4; Luke 4 The Devil could show Jesus all the kingdoms of the world, because he (Jesus) had omniscience.
Omnipotence Matt. 28:18 All power was given unto him in heaven and in earth. John 2:1-11 Jesus had power over the elements. (Turning water into wine) John 11:43-44 He raised individuals from the dead. (Lazarus) Matt. 14:15-21 Feeding 5,000 men with only a little lad’s lunch. Matt. 14:24-34 Jesus walking on the water and calming the storm.
Omnipresence Matt. 18:20 Where two or three are gathered in his name, Jesus will be there with them.
Paul’s Greetings
The Apostle Paul used the exact same greeting (almost word for word) in every epistle he wrote, whether to an individual (Timothy, Titus, etc.) or to a church (Corinth, Rome, Ephesus, etc.).
“Grace be unto you, and peace, from God the Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.”
In each epistle he refers to only two (2) in the godhead, not three (3). It was not “Grace and peace from the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit”! Not one time is it mentioned that way, but always from God and his son Jesus Christ.
Romans 1:7 I Cor. 1:3 II Cor. 1:2 Gal. 1:3 Eph. 1:2 Phil. 1:2 Col. 1:2 I Thes. 1:1 II Thes. 1:2 I Tim. 1:2 II Tim. 1:2 Titus 1:4 Philemon 1:3
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