I Understand the Trinitarian Doctrine to be:

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by Stephen Hoover

I am not sure one has to choose. Is it inappropriate to quote the words of Christ from Matthew 28:19? Does "in the name of" not mean authority?

As I just said, what Jesus said is interpreted by what preceeded it.

"All authority is given into me in heaven and earth, THEREFORE or BECAUSE of that fact, go out and make disciples of all nations (by) baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost"

IF the authority is in a name, because name means authority, what name is it? Jesus just said ALL authority is given to me. To see how the Apostles interpreted that look at the rest of the bible, did they ever repeat Jesus verbatim? Did Peter say "be baptized in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit"? No.

All authority is in the name of Jesus. But he did not merely repeat what he said either. He said the authority was of "The Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit"...