Intro
The Journey
Tongues
Oneness
The Trinity
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Introduction to the Unfolding Revelation of God
Excerpts from a class document distributed spring semester 1981
Author: Don Barnett
Unfolding Rev.
File #2 (BC)
Chapter Two
HISTORY OF THE DOCTRINE CONCERNING THE NATURE OF GOD
IN THE EARLY CENTURIES OF CHRISTIANITY
From page 9 (Part II—“AN INTRODUCTION TO THE DOCTRINE OF THE TRINITY”)
“The Apostolic Church taught the Revelation of God throughout the Mediterranean area, and it is significant that at the end of the Apostolic era, we find no trace of Trinitarianism—but we do find the concept of one God in three manifestations, later called Modalistic Monarchianism.”
From page 10 (Part IV—“Gnosticism”)
“It was against the teachings of Gnosticism that the early Post-Apostolic Church defended itself; there was, as yet, no Trinitarian Doctrine. The first and early second century Christians were believers in one God who was one Person manifested as the Father; as Jesus, the Son of God; and as the Holy Spirit.”
From page 35 (Part XVII—“SUMMARY”)
“When the Apostolic Age closed, the doctrine of Logos-Christology, Arianism, and the Trinity were not yet invented or developed. At the end of the first century the Christian world believed that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit were manifestations of one person: God.”
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