Listen to a brief history of the doctrine of the Trinity, how it became part of the Christian mainstream belief system, and the problems associated with the Trinitarian creeds. This lecture was inspired by the book When Jesus Became God by Richard E. Rubenstein.
At the conclusion, two main points are emphasized:
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Author: Philip P. Kapusta
Keywords: Homoousios, Homoiousian, Homoousion, homoiousios, Athanasius, Nicene Creed, Nicean Creed, Trinity, Deity of Jesus, Divinity of Jesus, Creed, Church Creeds, Nicea, Nicaea, Council of Nicaea, 325 AD, Council of Nicea, Arius, Arian, Arian heresy, Arian controversy, Arianism, Athanasian, Athanasian Creed, Logos, Word made flesh, Jesus is the Word, Tri-unity, Pre-existent word, Pre-existence, Pre-existent, Jesus is God, God the Son, Three in one, God in three persons, Deity of Christ, Doctrine of the Trinity, trinitarian, trinitarian doctrine, God manifest in the flesh, God manifestation, Word incarnate, Incarnate word, Incarnate, incarnation, consubstantial, cosubstantial, consubstantiality, christology, christological, Christological debate, monotheism, one god, three persons, god in the flesh, How Jesus became God, Michael Servetus, Servetus
Bible reference(s): Isa 9:6, Mat 1:23, Mat 28:19, John 1:1-4, John 3:13, John 5:23, John 6:33, John 6:38, John 6:51, John 6:58, John 6:62, John 8:23, John 8:28, John 8:58, John 10:17-18, John 10:30, John 14:9, John 17:5, John 20:28, Rom 9:5, Philippians 2:6, Col 1:15-16, Eph 4:8-10, Heb 1:2, Heb 1:8, Heb 7:3, 1 John 4:3, 1 John 5:7-8, 1 John 5:20, Rev 3:14
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