throughout the Christian world, was the doctrine of three persons in the Godhead, a doctrine which in the three preceding centuries had happily escaped the vain curiosity of human researchers.
——J.L. Mosheim
Perhaps more than any other belief in the history of Christianity, the doctrine of the Trinity, has been a fundamental source of contention, division, disagreement, violence and death. The result of this failure to comprehend the Biblical teaching on the nature of the Godhead has been a powerless Church, increasingly ineffective and marginalized in a Post Christian society.
When we consider the Church World as a whole, a wide variety of teaching exists on this subject. It is crucial therefore, that we examine our beliefs in the clear light of God’s Word, not in the light of our experience, nor that of our particular Church, Denomination, or favorite teacher.
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