Either the nicaean counsil was a bunch of false teachers and prophets or they were true and Godly.
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God Bless.
Either the nicaean counsil was a bunch of false teachers and prophets or they were true and Godly.
I am Lutheran, I'm a big fan of his work. I can tell you all those guys you named do not go together. Luther and zwingli has some serious disagreement. However none of them were at the canonization of the bible and the adoption of the nicaean creed.Hmmm ... so what is your opinion of Martin Luther, John Wycliffe, William Tyndale, Huss, Jerome, Erasmus, Zwingli, John Knox, Baxter, Flavel, Alleine and all others who opposed their work?
And the countless unnamed martyrs who died in defiance of their work? Were they, too, casting shade upon the Holy Word of God?
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Also, the body part that is alterated during the first sexual act would be alterated during a birth even if it was intact after conception. The only way to avoid that is a C-section which I doubt Mary had.
The book we have called the bible was not a book at all until after the council of nicaea. Those guys chose what writing went into the book. They did by inspiration of God. Or they did is as false prophets and our Bible is the work of false teachers, not inspired by God. Because it wasn't a book at all until they compiled the letters and decided what went in and what did not. Many writings did not.Not sure how you conclude that the Bible is a farce if those of the counsel were heretics. Not a True supposition though.
God wrote the Bible, not men. And certainly NOT those particular counsels. If the Bible could be effectively destroyed, or completely corrupted, it wouldn't even still exist.
Kings and Countries have attempted to destroy and thwart God's Word from the beginning of time. FAIL
It will NEVER be destroyed or corrupted enough to negate its inherent, infallible Truths.
In fact, the word Trinity did not come into common use as a religious term until centuries after the last books of the Bible were completed—long after the apostles of Christ were gone from the scene!
Notice this admission in the New Bible Dictionary:"The term 'Trinity' is not itself found in the Bible. It was first used by Tertullian at the close of the 2nd century, but received wide currency [common use in intellectual discussion] and formal elucidation [clarification] only in the 4th and 5th centuries"(1996, "Trinity").
That same source goes on to explain that "the formal doctrine of the Trinity was the result of several inadequate attempts to explain who and what the Christian God really is . . . To deal with these problems the Church Fathers met in [A.D.] 325 at the Council of Nicaea to set out an orthodox biblical definition concerning the divine identity." However, it wasn't until 381, "at the Council of Constantinople, [that] the divinity of the Spirit was affirmed" (ibid.).
We see, then, that the doctrine of the Trinity wasn't formalized until long after the Bible was completed and the apostles were long dead in their graves. It took later theologians centuries to sort out what they believed and to formulate belief in the Trinity!
Why can't theologians explain this doctrine?
The book we have called the bible was not a book at all until after the council of nicaea. Those guys chose what writing went into the book. They did by inspiration of God. Or they did is as false prophets and our Bible is the work of false teachers, not inspired by God. Because it wasn't a book at all until they compiled the letters and decided what went in and what did not. Many writings did not.
And that's the thing they were either inspired by God or they were wicked deceivers, false prophets and their work not trustworthy.
No sir. there were many writings and some got rejected, as not even Apocrypha. They literally decided what was inspired and what was not, they decided what apocrypha would be included, and flat out rejected many writings. They decided what was in and what was out. They were either inspired of God or were not. Because they also adopted the nicaean creed, and the athanasian creed.All that counsel did was remove many books of the Bible. Mostly the known Apocrypha, though there are many others like Jasher, Jubilees, Testimony of Solomon, Enoch, etc.
They had no bearing at all on the contents of scripture, though it IS believed certain small things have been changed/added like the Johannine Comma and Matthew 28:19. The meat of the scripture as a whole is in tact.
Precious friend, I believe so:If you can teach this {Triune GodHead} concept using the Bible alone, please supply those books, chapters and verses for the Edification of those who are eager to learn.
Sure, Hoss. It is like saying, nothing existed before it was created, therefore nobody,The thought that didn't get completed in that sentence was, "Therefore, the Creator cannot originiate, or exist, within His creation before it is created."
There's nothing to man up to, Post.
The logic is sound and it followed perfectly within the context of the rest of my post.
1 John 5:7-8KJVThis verse is referred to as the Johannine Comma. It is the most highly debated verse in all of scripture as to its authenticity.
Many life-long adherents and scholars of God's Word believe it to be an added verse by the early Roman Catholic Church.
Regardless, it does not EXPLAIN or TEACH the doctrine of the Trinity. There are over 31 THOUSAND verses in the Bible. When people bring out Matt. 28:19 OR 1 Jn. 5:7-8, and insist that these are the final word on a man-made doctrine, it clearly exposes the woefully lacking evidence of the extra-biblical doctrine of the Trinity within scripture.
For the record, these are 3 aspects/characteristics of God, BUT they are ALL GOD.
Me, myself and I are ALL ME. Me is myself, myself is I and I is Me.
This contradicts the Trinity statement that they are not each other, and that they are separate persons within the Godhead.
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The Holy Spirit IS the Father AND IS the Son.
The poster is from the Pentecostal "Oneness" cult, and yes they deny the Christian Godhead/TrinityNo sir. there were many writings and some got rejected, as not even Apocrypha. They literally decided what was inspired and what was not, they decided what apocrypha would be included, and flat out rejected many writings. They decided what was in and what was out. They were either inspired of God or were not. Because they also adopted the nicaean creed, and the athanasian creed.
Can't have it both ways. Or however it suits you. Either their work was inspired or it was not.
I said Protestantism came about after Catholicism.wrong, protestant came out of RCC because of the heretical of the doctrines they were teaching. pray to dead saints and Mary and pay for your loved ones to get out of hell.
Do you know that salvation in the RCC comes by way of the partaking of the Eucharist? The Preist during mass will not allow non-members to partake. They restrict what they call salvation to those who are only members of the RCC.
You can't even be saved unless you become a member of the RCC.
The Word WAS/IS God and God WAS/IS The Word.
Taken from your OWN quote. Does this match YOUR Trinity diagram?
The FLASH point of creation? BIG BANG heresy and blasphemy of science-so-called?
Yes, I know.The poster is from the Pentecostal "Oneness" cult, and yes they deny the Christian Godhead/Trinity
No dog in this fight but I enjoyed reading the conversation y’all were having.Sola scriptura means the bible is sufficient, inerrant, infallable etc etc.. Anyhow its been good chatting with you .
No dog in this fight but I enjoyed reading the conversation y’all were having.
That description you made above about Sola Scriptura isn’t exactly accurate though. Catholics believe the Bible is inerrant, infallible and materially sufficient. Sola Scriptura goes a bit farther and says the Bible is formally sufficient.
It sounds like we’re pretty much saying the same thing about the types of sufficiency. Although I’m on the other side of the fence as you on the Catholic comments, that’s ok though you’re entitled to your opinionHi Godmyfortress, It is very accurate, maybe you mean it's not a full explanation of Sola Scriptura (I would concur).
Although RCC say that the bible is inerrant, infallible and as you state material sufficient. They put the magesterium (ex cathedra) as Infallible, thereby they elevate the magesterium (ex cathedra) as the sole authority on all things relating to faith. Therefore scripture itself is not 'all' sufficient (material sufficiency). And of course this is how they get around with all the false teachings that they have.
Whatever ever clever way people try and frame it. The RCC hold that scripture is not sufficient on its own. Which is contrary to what scripture itself teaches.
They are in error on perspicuity.
(I understand what you are trying to say)
Arianism never went away, JW's and a few others believe it, with it being anti trinityYes, I know.
I wonder what is up with the re-emergence of ancient heresies.