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Originally Posted by Ms. LPW
"Remember, the Oneness movement is less than 100 years old. " Pelathais...
The Oneness doctrine is over 2000 years old.
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Yeah, but...
actually much older than that.
He was talking about things changing and "Baptists preaching" in Oneness pulpits. That wasn't an issue 200 years ago, 1000 years ago or 2000 years ago.
What we call "Apostolic preachers" were all Trinitarians at one point 100 years ago. Some separated rather decisively into the Oneness camp- others did not. Many, like E. N. Bell sort of bounced back and forth for a while because they had a hard time seeing the difference.
When we see a similar condition today it's not a sign of "apostasy" as some want us to believe. It's just a sign that the issue hasn't settled down completely in all quarters yet. And 100 years is a pretty short time period to expect to have eveybody "lined up" correctly.