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Originally Posted by Sam
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There is a problem (in my opinion) with much of the Post-Nicene language and especially much of the artwork regarding the Doctrine of the Trinity. To most casual observers it DOES appear
to be at least inherently tri-theistic.
This isn't what Tertullian had in mind when he coined the phrase "trinitas" to begin with.
Interestingly enough though, the 2 July, 2010, blog entry at that same site regales "Bro." Frank Bartleman and his work "for the cause of the Kingdom."
Bartleman was an ardent Trinitarian himself when the "New Issue" came up. He wrote against "Oneness" in
http://frankbartleman-deity.blogspot.com/ where he quotes historian and theologian Philip Schaff as saying:
"But the tri-personality of God is not a numerical or essential trinity of three beings (like Abraham, Isaac and Jacob), for this would be tritheism; nor is it, on the other hand merely a three-fold aspect and mode of manifestation, in the Sabellian or Sweden-borgian sense, but it is a real objective and eternal, though ineffable distinction in the one Divine being, with a corresponding three-fold revelation of this being in the works of creation, redemption and sanctification."
One of the "Old Landmarks" of the Apostolic Faith was the inclusion of our Trinitarian brethren, men like "Bro." Frank Bartlemen.
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