Round 2
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070412072156AAGQz4a&r=w
This is not an Islamic website
http://www.thirdmill.org/newfiles/jac_arnold/CH.Arnold.CH.13.html
It doesn't hurt to read... the church was threatened to be extinct if Jesus didn't become divine.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Council_of_Nicaea... If the people in that council were confused... i imagine how all the Christians must be...
Costantine use to worship the Sun (Sol Invictus)
http://www.themystica.com/mystica/articles/c/christ_constantine_sol_invictus.html
"An early example of the concept of the trinity is also in evidence, for the Egyptians believed in a divine father, mother, and son (Horus, Isis, Osiris)"
2007-04-12 03:56:05 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Father was not made, nor created, nor generated by anyone. The Son is not made, nor created, but begotten by the Father alone. The Holy Spirit is not made, nor created, nor generated, but proceeds from the Father and the Son. There is, then, one Father, not three Fathers; one Son, not three sons; one Holy Spirit, not three holy spirits. In this Trinity, there is nothing before or after, nothing greater or less. The entire three Persons are coeternal and coequal with one another. So that in all things, as is has been said above, the Unity is to be worshiped in Trinity and the Trinity in Unity.
2007-04-12 19:37:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Although the council in Nicaea did establish (on paper more or less) the divinity of Jesus, they established that fact based on the writtings of men who were actually present in Jesus day. They believed that the abundance of evidence showed that the man Jesus was of a divine nature. As to the trinity, I can not prove or disprove its interpretation. Frankly, I don't think it matters whether the father, son and holy spirit are of one body more or less or whether they are separate beings with the same intent for mankind. This is once again an argument between Christian religions from all over the world. Religions were not created by God/Jesus/Holy Spirit. They were created by man and it is man's interpretations that have formed the church as we see it today.
I am a Christian and I believe what the Bible says...even though man has had a role in determining what it contains. I know from personal experience that my God exists and I have the Holy Spirit dwelling within me 24/7. Why would I doubt the rest?
2007-04-12 11:09:26 · answer #2 · answered by Poohcat1 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You should also read about the Council of Constantinople, held in 381 AD. That's where and when the Church invented the Trinity. Then they started a war of extermination against the Cathars, a Christian denomination that refused to acknowledge the Trinity. Over the centuries, millions of human beings were exterminated by the Catholics because they denied the Trinity, denied the doctrine of Solipsism, or denied the doctrine of Transubstantiation.
This is typical tyrannical behavior and it's a common failing of every human civilization which denies political representation to ALL its citizens.
2007-04-12 11:16:00 · answer #3 · answered by Diogenes 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jesus is real and alive today Christians do not worship a mother catholics seem to honour mary over the top but claim it is not worship. but christian means believer in Christ. knowing him as saviour.
2007-04-12 11:04:35 · answer #4 · answered by Mim 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I wonder what xtianity would've been today if there was no Nicene Creed.
2007-04-12 11:09:07 · answer #5 · answered by -♦One-♦-Love♦- 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you are a pusher of intolerance..
you asked what I thought and this is it
2007-04-12 11:00:34 · answer #6 · answered by Quantrill 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋