The Earliest Views of the Trinity (Long after the New Testament)

April 11, 2021 NaN
The Earliest Views of the Trinity (Long after the New Testament)
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The Earliest Views of the Trinity (Long after the New Testament)

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Show Notes

In the previous post we saw how two important church fathers attacked the “modalist” view of the relationship between God the Father, God the Son, and God the Spirit, which claimed they were *one* person who relates to creation and humans in three different ways, with three modes of existence.  God is both the Father of the Son and the Son of the Father. Read by Sam Devis

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