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Originally Posted by pelathais
Basically, the old-timers were real trinitarians at heart. They objected to the use of the non-Biblical word "Persons" to describe the Godhead because they found that this language led inevitibly toward tritheism.
The famous campmeeting in 1913, at Arroyo Seco began with a move among some to start performing triple immersions - one immersion in the "name" of each of the three titiles from Matthew 28:19.
This proposal led to a back lash of sorts that culminated in the famous "revelation" of Jesus name baptism. Oneness began as a reaction against tritheism, not Trinitarianism. |
Your half-right. The word "person" is found on the original Nicene manifesto, originated by our friend Tertullian. Tritheism was introduced at the great council, though not explicitly as such.
EDITED: When (actually) was the word "persons" used to describe the godhead first? It's not found in the 325 council's creed or 381.
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