Jesus had specifically said that his message should not br taught to gentiles. Now, paul started preaching corrupted version of Jesus's message to pagans and hence they adopted this corrupted version with their understanding.
2007-04-10 18:11:35
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answered by Anonymous
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Well, The Council of Nicea didn’t coin the phrase “the trinity”, but your right the idea for it did come from the decisions they made - The idea that the father is of the same substance with the son. The Holy Ghost gets thrown in later.
2007-04-08 23:59:10
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answered by A 6
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Again?? The Council of Nicea did not create the Trinity. AND.. the Trinity is NOT 3 gods in 1.
You need to do a bit more research.
Good luck. Cheers :-)
2007-04-09 00:09:17
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answered by chekeir 6
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Appy,
It appears you're committing a common historical error that's prevalent in this forum. For the record, the doctrine of the Trinity consists of several parts--all of which were discussed long before the fourth century A.D. The church's agenda for discussing theological issues is the direct result of challenges to orthodoxy. If there were no serious challenges to a trinitarian understanding of God in the first three centuries, then why should you expect to see a major discussion on it before A.D. 325? Also, don't you think it rather peculiar that the three major historical branches of Christianity (Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and Protestant) all see eye-to-eye on this particular doctrine? If it were so wrong, don't you think it'd be hotly contested in our inter-Christian dialogs over the past sixteen centuries?
Also, if you're going to use the word "trinity," at least have a cursory understanding of what it means. It's not just three-ness. Trinity = tri + unity. In other words, the church claimed that there are some ways in which God reveals Himself strictly as one and some other ways in which there is some thing about God that is best understood as three (e.g. "one in essence, three in Persons). The church has always resoundingly rejected any notion that there are three gods.
2007-04-09 00:02:43
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answered by chdoctor 5
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Jesus was considered God way before the council of Nicea met. Just read your Bible and you will read that Jesus did not consider it an offence to be equal with God. He never refused or correct people's worship of Him as God. Jesus also said that when you see Him, you see the Father. So your answer is in the Bible, God's Word.
2007-04-09 00:02:34
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answered by Apostle Jeff 6
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Doesn't matter what any man decides or has an opinion on if it opposes the Word of God. But in this case, their decision was correct in that it lined up with the Word of God. The Bible talks all about the Trinity, so what's the problem here? Read God's Word, and you will rely on His Word that is Truth, not focus on man's opinions or decisions. God bless
2007-04-09 00:07:07
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answered by connie 6
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Because the word for God in the first chapter of Genesis is Eloyhim in the Hebrew language, and denotes plurality in the Godhead. Then if you continue to study that Chapter verse 26
you will see that God said, "Let US make man in OUR image
and in OUR likeness - since He would not be referring to the angels who are lesser beings and wasn't talking to Himself, the trinity had to exist.
Further in the story of the Tower of Babel God said, Let "us" go down and confound their languages. This Hebrew word us is the same as the one in Genesis 1:26 which further proves plurality in the Godhead.
Then if you follow through the scriptures and study them very diligently you will find that the attributes of God are given to God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit - those attributes are Omnipresence, Omniscience, Omnipotence and Eternity among others which are the attributes of deity and can only apply to deity.
It will take diligent research to find out that what I am saying is true, but if you persist you cannot help but come to the same conclusion.
In the New Testament - John 1:1 it is declared, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God." The Greek Word used here is Logos which is the LIVING WORD as opposed to written words. It is verified again in Verse 14 of the same chapter when it says "He came and dwelt among us." These verses can only apply to Jesus.
In Revelation when John had his vision on the isle of Patmos where he was exiled, Jesus appeared to Him in His risen body and declared, "I am He that is, and was and is to come.
The Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end." These titles can only belong to God because only God existed in eternity past, eternity present and eternity future.
You may also want to examine Isaiah 9:6 - Where Jesus is again called God although His name is not specifically mentioned, the title "Prince of Peace" clearly identifies Him.
There is much more, but that should suffice to answer your question. It wasn't just 320 people, since II Timothy 3:16-17 tells us that "All scripture is given by inspiration of God" (not man) - and it is profitable for doctrine, reproof, and instruction in righteousness that the man of God may be thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
2007-04-09 00:09:08
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answered by Anonymous
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Belief in the divinity of Jesus Christ was well established in the Church centuries before Nicea.
2007-04-09 00:07:50
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answered by Michael H 2
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Politics.
The men on that council knew that their overlords wanted to use their newly invented version of Christianity to control the masses. Being good politicians, they went along with it.
2007-04-08 23:57:05
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answered by catrionn 6
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Give the people what they want when they want it and they want it all the time - PFunk
However, it is the art of politics to make people think they want something that is not in their best interests.
2007-04-09 00:03:10
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answered by Anonymous
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