The Most Underated Doctrinal Controversy Of The Christian Faith.?

Question

Oneness VS. Trinity

Express your views. Share your resources to validate your arguments(online, book, etc........)

"Knowing Who God is ultimately the salvation of your souls" quote by unknown author.

Answer 1

Hosea 13:4
There is no other savior but me. God. One. No one else. Period. A loving and just God that would not change the rules. Especially to punnish in some eternal fire pit for not believing in "his son." We are all his children. My God loves me and judges my heart.

Answer 2

Interesting according the the Catholic Enc.
the trinity wasn't even remotely thought of among the "Apostolic Fathers"

"Among the Apostolic Fathers, there had been nothing even remotely approaching such a mentality or perspective.”

rs p. 405 pars. 1-2 Trinity ***
The New Encyclopædia Britannica says: “Neither the word Trinity, nor the explicit doctrine as such, appears in the New Testament, nor did Jesus and his followers intend to contradict the Shema in the Old Testament: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord’ (Deut. 6:4). . . . The doctrine developed gradually over several centuries and through many controversies. . . . By the end of the 4th century . . . the doctrine of the Trinity took substantially the form it has maintained ever since.”—(1976), Micropædia, Vol. X, p. 126.

The New Catholic Encyclopedia states: “The formulation ‘one God in three Persons’ was not solidly established, certainly not fully assimilated into Christian life and its profession of faith, prior to the end of the 4th century. But it is precisely this formulation that has first claim to the title the Trinitarian dogma. Among the Apostolic Fathers, there had been nothing even remotely approaching such a mentality or perspective.”—(1967), Vol. XIV, p. 299.

*** rs p. 406 par. 1 Trinity ***
In The Encyclopedia Americana we read: “Christianity derived from Judaism and Judaism was strictly Unitarian [believing that God is one person]. The road which led from Jerusalem to Nicea was scarcely a straight one. Fourth century Trinitarianism did not reflect accurately early Christian teaching regarding the nature of God; it was, on the contrary, a deviation from this teaching.”—(1956), Vol. XXVII, p. 294L.

(Romans 15:4-6) . . .” 4 For all the things that were written aforetime were written for our instruction, that through our endurance and through the comfort from the Scriptures we might have hope. 5 Now may the God who supplies endurance and comfort grant YOU to have among yourselves the same mental attitude that Christ Jesus had, 6 that with one accord YOU may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

According to Paul, Christ didn't believe the trinity.
If Christ didn't believe it why should who claim to be his followers do so?

Answer 3

There is no controversy, God is one in three divine persons, the Trinity. If a Christian does not accept a triune God then he simply is not a Christian. You can not accept the Son without accepting His Father and the Holy Spirit who comes to us through the Father and the Son to guide us.

Trinity, The Most Holy
The central mystery of the Christian Faith is that the one God is Father, Son and Holy Spirit, Three Persons sharing one nature. Although the term “Trinity” does not appear in Scripture, the reality of the Triune God is unmistakably present in Christ’s references to the Father and the Spirit. For example, Christ says: “When the Counselor comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness to me” (Jn 15:26). The central conviction of historic mainstream Christianity — hammered out over the course of three centuries of doctrinal controversy against modalism and subordinationism — is that Christ is describing not merely the external relations of God but the very inner life of the Triune God.

Answer 4

It's not the most underated doctrinal controversy as you may fear. Although I consider myself to be a fervent sort of mainline Christian, I see this doctrine as the most far fetched one. It looks like a halfway post between staunch semitic monotheism (Judaism and later Islam) and pagan polytheism. In my own personal devotion I go for oneness focusing on Jesus of Nazareth as the most satisfactory (yet incomplete) revelation of God, and celebrate the spirit that enfolds us and enables us to enjoy life.

Answer 5

Given how few oneness types are in number, and given the lack of vigour in pro-oneness theologies (as compared to the grand theologies of the traditional ecclesial doctors of the west such as Aquinas, Augustine, and Arius), no I would not say it is underrated. It is largely... just not an issue.

Answer 6

God is three persons in one, in that the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are always in agreement.