Christian only,how to explain the Trinity?

Answer 1

The Word Trinity refers to the Deity of the the Godhead in the Holy Word of God-the
Bible. The word 'trinity' is typically defined in Theology as the union of three divine persons or natures in one God. Although the word trinity is not found in the Bible, it is a term that man uses to describe the Godhead as we see it defined within the Word of God. Though God is One, there is clear Evidence that the Father, Son/Word and Holy Spirit are distinct persons/natures of the Godhead! A good explanation of the trinity is best stated this way.

"Within the one being that is God, there exists eternally three coequal and coeternal persons, namely, the Father, the Son/Word, and the Holy Spirit."

Before we can really understand what this statement is saying, we must define some of the words within it.

Being is what God is. It is His existence. We are human beings, but different people. There is only one God, and that God is one in being.

Person is who God is. We do not use the word to mean a human being. I am a human being, but who I am defines my personal attributes. We as humans are one in being and in person, but God is not limited by human nature!! God is one in being but three in person. This means that each person of the Godhead possess all of the fullness of that Godhead, but each person is distinct from the other. When we say person, we mean it in a personal sense.

We must not confuse these two terms when discussing the Godhead. There is only one God in being, but we cannot deny the three distinct persons of the Godhead. The Bible is very clear that there is one God and that the Father, Son/Word and Holy Spirit are distinct from one another. According to scriptures both of these are true.

Coequal does not mean that all persons must have the same role. In his humanity Jesus was actually submissive to the Father. He said nothing that the Father did not tell Him to say (John 13:49) and even stated that the Father was greater than Himself (John 14:28). This, however, does not mean that He is not coequal with the Father. Willingly taking upon a role of submission for a time does not negate His equality within the Godhead eternally.

Jesus Christ- the Son/Word willingly set aside His divine rights and priviledges, so that He could take the form of a servant. While His role in redemption required this submissiveness, it does not mean that He as a person of the Godhead was not equal with the Father. Consider the following example.

Christ willingly chose to become humbly submissive in his humanity so that He could fulfill the requirements for our redemption. After He had completed what needed to be done, He did not stay in His submissive role. He is now exalted to the highest place.

Phil 2:5 "Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, 7 but made Himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, He Humbled Himself and became obedient to death- even death on a cross! 9 Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name that is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus -Every knee shall bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is LORD to the glory of God the Father." (NIV)
*NOTE: The word LORD in the Greek is κύριος and means Master, God, Lord = source the Strongs Exhaustive Hebrew & Greek Concordance of the Holy Bible).

Coeternal Since God is one in being and God exists eternally, the doctrine of the trinity maintains that all persons{natures) of the Godhead exist eternally as well. Some people will claim that the Son/Word did not exist in the beginning, but the Bible is clear that all persons of the Godhead have existed throughout all eternity. We see that all persons had a role in creation.

Father: Deut 32:6 Is this the way you repay the LORD, O foolish and unwise people? Is he not your Father, your Creator, who made you and formed you? (NIV)

Son: Col 1:13-16 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. (NIV)

Holy Spirit: Gen 1:2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. (NIV)

These verses show us that the Father, Son/Word and Spirit were all there playing an active role in creation. Were these merely different manifestations that were referring to the same person or were these persons distinct? We find the answer in Genesis.

Gen 1:26 Then God said, "Let Us make man in our image, in our likeness, (NIV)
In regards to Gen. 1:26, those who deny the Trinity say that God when God said, "Let Us make man..." He is speaking with the angels in mind. The problem with this is that angels do not create. There is absolutely no biblical evidence that angels created anything at all. We see in Isaiah 44:24, "Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, and the one who formed you from the womb, “I, the Lord, am the maker of all things, Stretching out the heavens by Myself, And spreading out the earth all alone." God made all things alone. Therefore, the "Us" in "Let Us make man in our image" cannot be the angels.

If there is no distinction of persons in the Godhead, then who is the us and our that God was speaking to?

Was it an angel? It can't be an angel for God created the world alone.

Isa 44:24 "This is what the LORD says- your Redeemer, who formed you in the womb: I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who spread out the earth by myself, (NIV)

Was God actually counseling with His own will?

Eph 1:11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things "after the counsel of his own Will" (KJV)

Though this verse says that God does things after the counsel of His own will, this in no way suggests that God talks to himself as though His will is another person.

Was it another god?

Isa 43:10 ... Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me. (NIV)

The Us clearly has to Be God, who alone created the world, without being another god. There is only one explanation and that is that God is a trinity. He is one God yet three in person{natures). The Bible is clear that God is one, but let us examine that phrase for a moment.


The One Being that IS God

Trinitarians believe that God is one in Being. They do not believe in more than one God, but they do recognize that their one God consists of the Father, Son/Word and the Holy Spirit. The Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God, yet they are not three Gods, they are One GOD!

Deut 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our GOD: the LORD is one. (NIV)

We see here that God is one. The being of God is united, unique and indivisible. Trinitarians are strong believers in the fact that there is only one God, that apart from God there is no salvation, and that God is one in being. However, we can see from the first verse in the Bible that God is more than one in person.

Gen 1:1 In the beginning God[Elohiym] created the heavens and the earth. (NIV)

The actual word for God that was used here is Elohiym, which is a plural meaning of the word God, which is Elowahh. The Bible was written by men who were inspired by the Holy Spirit and their words were not poorly chosen. The words that were chosen reveal to us who God is.

If Elohiym (the plural form of Elowahh) was used in Genesis 1:1, we must realize that it is either speaking of the persons of God, or else it contradicts the verse in Deuteronomy that clearly states the Lord is one. What is even more significant about Deuteronomy 6:4 is the word that was used for one.

Deut 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one[Echaad]. (NIV)

The wording in the original texts for the word one, is Echaad, which actually translates very poorly into the English language. In Hebrew it literally means compound unity. We see this word used in other places in the Bible with the same meaning. In Genesis 1:5 where it says "the evening and the morning were the first day." Echaad was the word used for first. That one-day consisted of both the evening and the morning, which gives us a compound unity, that makes up one day. This same word was also used in Genesis 2:24, when God instructed the husband and wife to become one flesh. This too, is the same word Echaad which means compound unity.

Gen 2:24 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one[Echaad] flesh. (NIV)

There is a Hebrew word for absolute oneness. It is "Yachid" as used in Genesis 22:2 where God tells Abraham to "take thine only son Isaac" to sacrifice him. This word, however, was not chosen to describe God. There is only One God, that is clear, but it also clear that within that one God, there exists a compound unity.

Three Distinct Persons: the Father, Son/Word and Holy Spirit.

Things become quite evident when we examine closely what something means rather than just what it says. When we read about the Father, the Son/Word and the Holy Spirit we see apparent relationships between the three. But what does that mean, that they have relationships to one another? Let us look at this.

In order for a relationship to exist, there has to be more than one person with which to be related, connected or associated with. Relationships take two. There is no relationship without an outside person to have a relationship with. So let us look at just how the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit associated with one another.

The baptism of Jesus is one of the most beautiful examples of how the Father, Son and Spirit were all present together. Even better than that, it also illustrates a relationship between them.

Luke 3:21-22 When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as he was praying, heaven was opened 22 and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: "You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased." (NIV)

Above we see clear evidence of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit descended upon the Son. And then we hear the Father speak to His Son and he shares a very powerful statement about His relationship with the Son.

"You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased."

Jesus is the Father's Son whom He loves and is pleased with! These are relational terms. He is clearly talking to another person that He has feelings for.

There is also proof in the New Testament that this relationship existed since the beginning. The Son, though made flesh in the New Testament had a relationship with the Father since the beginning. Listen to what Jesus said in His prayer to the Father in the 17th chapter of John.

John 17:5 And now, Father, glorify me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world began.
John 17:24 Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, and to see My glory, the glory You have given Me because You loved Me before the creation of the world. (NIV)

The love that the Father had for the Son existed since before the world began! Jesus did not merely say that the Father loved the plan of me or the thought of me. Jesus clearly said the Father "loved Me before the creation of the world." Jesus was not only loved He also had glory with the Father. They shared in that experience and love!

The distinction between the Father and Son not only existed in the beginning and during Christ's life here on earth, it has continued and will continue throughout eternity. The Son has not merely taken on the role of the Father, he sits at the Father's right hand and continually mediates to the Father on our behalf. This is an active continuous relationship that goes on until Christ returns again!

1 Tim 2:5 For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, (NIV)

Heb 7:24 but because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood. 25 Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them. (NIV)

1 John 2:1 My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense-Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. (NIV)

Rom 8:34 Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died-more than that, who was raised to life-is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. (NIV)

Jesus has to be another person in order for Him to intercede on our behalf. Like relationships, a mediator must go between two separate parties. The two parties were the Father and The Holy Spirit. Mediators do not mediate on their own behalf. If Jesus were merely the Father in the flesh, then we would have no need for mediation or intercession. Those terms would be pointless. Both terms means that the mediator/intercessor must go between two separate parties, not one party and them self.

Jesus stated that the law requires there to be at least two witnesses to testify on someone's behalf. Jesus clearly stated that He had two witnesses. If Jesus is the Father, then He lacked a witness, and this statement is false.

John 8:17 In your own Law it is written that the testimony of two men is valid. 18 I am one who testifies for myself; my other witness is the Father, who sent me." (NIV)

We can clearly see the distinction between the Father and the Son. They were not merely different manifestations of one person for they actually have a relationship with each other. The Holy Spirit is also distinct from the Father and the Son and He too has an interactive relationship with both of them.

The Person of the Holy Spirit

So many people miss the biblical evidence that the Holy Spirit is a person. They will refer to Him as it or think He is just some strange power or force. This simply is not true and we can see that clearly in the Bible.

The Holy Spirit is a person. He spoke to men and when doing so He referred to Himself using personal pronouns.

Acts 13:2 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them." (NIV)

Jesus also referred to the Holy Spirit as a person.

John 15:26 "When the Counselor comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father, He will testify about me. (NIV)

And the Holy Spirit is not a human being - and never was - as some false religions claim. In John 14:26 Jesus said - "But the Comforter, The Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and He will bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you."
The Comforter-Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Truth {see John 14:16-17;26).


The Person of the Holy Spirit has feelings.

The Holy Spirit has feelings and expresses emotions just as any person would. This verse clearly tells us that the Holy Spirit is capable of experiencing grief.

Eph 4:30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption (NIV)

Like the Son, the Holy Spirit is God, but distinct from the other persons of the Godhead. We know that when Ananias and Saphira lied to the Holy Spirit, they did not simply lie to some mystical being, but to God Himself.

Acts 5:3 Then Peter said, "Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land? 4 Didn't it belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, wasn't the money at your disposal? What made you think of doing such a thing? You have not lied to men but to God." (NIV)

But this was not simply the Son or Father manifest as the Spirit, this is another person of the Godhead that was sent by the Father through the Son. The distinction is clear.

John 14:16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever- (NIV)

John 15:26 "When the Counselor comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father, he will testify about me. (NIV)

So we see that we have 3 distinct persons of the Godhead, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. We must not forget, however, that there is only one God. Each of these persons makes up one God.

Only One God

We have just shown how the Bible is clear that the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are distinct persons. The Bible is also clear that there is only One God.

Isa 45:5 I am the LORD, and there is no other; apart from me there is no God. (NIV)

Deut 32:39 "See now that I myself am He! There is no god besides me. (NIV)

Though there is only One God, the Bible also tells us that the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are all God. We know the Father is God.

John 8:41 "We are not illegitimate children," they protested. "The only Father we have is God himself." (NIV)

Jesus Christ was also God. He wasn't killed for being a prophet, a good man or a lesser god. Jesus was killed because he made himself equal with the Almighty God. The Jews rejected who he was and plotted to kill him because He claimed to be God.

John 10:33 "We are not stoning you for any of these," replied the Jews, "but for blasphemy, because you, a man, claim to be God." (NIV)

John 5:18 For this reason the Jews tried all the harder to kill him; not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God his own Father, making Himself equal with God. (NIV)

Thomas proclaimed that glorious truth after Christ's resurrection. Jesus accepted his testimony, because Jesus IS God.

John 20:28 Thomas said to him, "My LORD and my GOD!" (NIV)

And we can remember the verse above, that tells us how Ananias and Saphira lied to God when they lied to the Holy Spirit. This is because the Holy Spirit is God.

Acts 5:3 Then Peter said, "Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land? 4 Didn't it belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, wasn't the money at your disposal? What made you think of doing such a thing? You have not lied to men but to God." (NIV)

There is only one God but the Father, the Son and the Spirit are each distinct from one another yet they all claim to be God. With all the scriptural evidence we can only come to one conclusion.


We cannot say there is an absolute oneness of God that insists that the Son and Holy Spirit are merely different manifestations of the Father. This negates many of the verses that prove they have relationships with each other. It also disproves Jesus' only testimony about himself, that He has two witnesses, both himself and the Father. More importantly it downplays the significance of the death that had to take place in order for our sins to be forgiven. That penalty was real, the death was real, yet when God the Son died, the Father was alive to raise Him again.

Acts 13:32 "We tell you the good news: What God promised our fathers... 33 he has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it is written in the second Psalm: "'You are my Son; today I have become your Father.' 34 The fact that God raised Him{Jesus-Son/Word) from the dead, never to decay, is stated in these words: "'I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.' 35 So it is stated elsewhere: "'You will not let your Holy One see decay.' (NIV)

We also cannot say that there are three Gods. The Bible does not leave that option open to us. We have clearly shown that there is only One God. We cannot just make up a hierarchy that puts the Father as the Almighty God and the others as lesser Gods. God said there is NO God besides Him.

Deut 32:39"See now that I myself am He! There is no god besides me. (NIV)

The only solution that makes sense and keeps the scriptures from contradicting themselves is that God is a trinity. God is one in being, but three in person. We may not understand how it can work that way nor fathom exactly what God is like, but we can understand what the Bible reveals to us about Him. The only biblical conclusion that one can draw is a belief in a God that is one in being but separate in person. The Bible teaches this to be true.

*"May the Grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the Love of God the Father, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all." 2 Cor 13:14

*"Jesus Christ 'is' LORD!"

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Answer 2

The Bible shows very clearly that there is only one God, and yet that there are three personal distinctions in His complex nature, traditionally referred to as "three Persons in the Godhead"—God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Each is distinct from the others but never acts independently. They are one in nature and purpose. This mystery is called the doctrine of the Trinity, though that term is not used in the Bible. The teaching, however, is present in seed form in the Old Testament and is revealed explicitly in the New Testament. Note passages such as Matthew 28:19; John 10:30, 14:26; 2 Corinthians 13:14.

Our finite minds cannot understand or explain this mystery of God, which is nevertheless a fact. We must accept the truths found in the Word of God by faith even though we ourselves cannot comprehend them fully; read Hebrews 11:1,3,6 and 1 Corinthians 2:5-10;14; 13:12. It is really not surprising that the infinite God should be complex in His nature beyond the ability of finite humans to comprehend! This doctrine is absolutely essential to New Testament Christianity. Theologians have pointed out that if it were not true, the Bible would be unreliable, Christ would not be divine, and His death on the cross would not atone for our sins, being merely the death of a martyr.

Answer 3

God the Father
God the Son
God the Holy Spirit

Three Persons in One God.

The Son came from the Father.
The Holy Spirit came from the Father and the Son.

When Jesus came here on earth, the Father and the Holy Spirit is with Him.

How to explain it is very difficult. That is why it is called the Mystery of the Holy Trinity. But at Judgement Day, it will be revealed unto us.

Answer 4

1 John 5:7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

These three ARE one.

Colossians 2:8-10
8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of this world, and not after Christ.
9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:

I don't feel at this time there is any need for me to try to add to these scriptures. They are pretty straight forward. Anything I may say or do could be considered my own interpretation. I'll let the word of God speak for it self.

Answer 5

The trinity is not a Biblical doctrine -- so, Christians must not believe in it; otherwise, they deny the Father and the son.
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John 1:18 No man hath seen God at any time: the only begotten Son who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

I Corinthians 11:3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

I Peter 3: 22 . . . Jesus Christ. 22Who is on the right hand of God, swallowing down death, that we might be made heirs of life everlasting: being gone into heaven, the angels and powers and virtues being made subject to him.

I Corinthians 8:6 Yet to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we unto him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.

Isaiah 42:8 I am Jehovah, that is my name; and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise unto graven images. (ASV)

For scriptural confirmation look at this HP: http://bythebible.page.tl/

Subjects:
God ;Trinity: Athanasian Creed John 1:1

Christ relative Jehovah Simply bythebible – Just scriptures

Jesus Christ ; His pre-human Existence

Answer 6

the Trinity is One God in 3 persons or forms: Father, Son, Holy Spirit
Father God is God, Jesus is God, Holy Spirit is God.
Father = Son = Holy Spirit all are equal and Form One God
If something as simple as water (H20) can be water, ice, and steam and still always be water (H20), then why would God not be able to be 3 persons to make one God. Jesus was God in the flesh. The Holy Spirit comes in us and guides our lives. Father God is Spirit.

Answer 7

Looking at the responses, I am no wiser as to the trinity belief. All of them just restated it, but in no way did they explain it. As well, there were no scriptural proofs at all. One made the point that the word does not appear in the Bible.
I would ask. If god is a loving God and made the bible available to all of us, WHY would He want to keep this supposed cornerstone A SECRET OR A MYSTERY.???
This thinking goes against the whole thinking of the Bible.

Answer 8

Bro, Jesus is God but he is not a second person of a Trinity.

Their is only One God, this God is known as our Father (1 Cor 8: 6), This one God put on flesh which is the body of Jesus Christ (1 Tim 3: 16) This is why Jesus has he fulness in him (Col 2: 9).

Jesus is not another person but is The One True God in flesh, Jesus is refered to as the Son because his flesh was born of a woman (Gala 4: 4). Their is only One person and thats Jesus Christ.

Triniarians don't realize that They are making Three Gods and deny that they are but its fact once they really study, The early churches did not believe in the Trinity until "Turtillian". He is the one who made the word Trinity which is latin for Trinitas. Bro, i ask you to study more and if you have any Questions, please e-mail me at ([e-mail] )

Answer 9

OK, Vic, I've had a chance to review the other answers to this question, and ask you to politely set them aside for a moment and consider this:

The concept of the trinity is one of the first theological developments of the early Christian church, back when everyone was a "Catholic." It is, despite what some of your respondent's claim, drawn directly from scripural text, for example:

2 Corinthians 13:13: "The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the charity of God, and the communication of the Holy Ghost be with you all."

And elsewhere:

Luke 12:12, "The Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what you must say"

I can give other references, but you get the idea -there's plenty of scriptural material to back up the idea of God, of Jesus Christ as Saviour, and of a holy ghost -in THOSE WORDS.

As the church became more organized as an institution, it needed to come up with some officially agreed upon ideas about the nature of God and our relationship with Him. This wasn't just to have some club rules, mind you, but rather to provide a consistent basis for answering challenges to the faith. And the challenges were coming from all over the place -competing religions, competing sects WITHIN the church, and rulers of that age who still believed in "gods" like Zeus and Hera and Mars. The upper crust in those days often included some pretty bright and educated people who were simply not going to roll over and say, "OK, I give my life to Jesus." Bear in mind that the Christian church THEN was a minority and understandably suspected as a threat by some of the ruling elite.

And so, the early "church fathers" had to work internally among themselves, to get their "stories straight," and then externally, among the unchurched, to tell a consistent story. This is no different, really, than what the United States does when promoting "democracy" as a system of government to other countries. We're still trying to figure it out ourselves -while we push for it everywhere else. Got the drift?

Understandably, folks who weren't brought up in the faith would read scripture and see mention of a Savior who was a man, of a God who sent that man as his Son, and of a "Holy Ghost." Whose THAT?! they might ask.

Who, indeed. So the "trinity" is a name given to a concept to explain how they all work together as three "appearances" of the same thing, or three "functions" of the same thing. The "trinity" -by that name- is not mentioned in scripture, but the 3 aspects of God that are the subject of the doctrine ARE. I won't get in to all the intricacies of trinitarian theology -let the theologists argue that one out (which they do).

To answer your question directly, the way to explain the Trinity is that it is the early churches way of explaining the relationship of the 3 scriptural appearances of God: as Father, Son and Holy Ghost. No church that I know of promotes or even suggests that the trinitarian idea is an object of worship in and of itself; rather, it is a way of thinking and understanding, and is so firmly rooted in orthodox Christian thought from the earliest days that it is almost universally accepted to this very day.

OK?

Good question, and thanks for asking.

Answer 10

3 PEOPLE in ONE GOD. GOD THE FATHER, GOD THE SON, AND GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT. St. Patrick helped people understand more about the TRINITY by using a shamrock.

Answer 11

The Trinity concept was imposed on the Christian church by the pagan emperor of Rome, Constantine. He forced the Council of Nicea to accept his chosen doctrine and then enforced it throughout the Empire. Bishops who did accept Constantine's doctrine of the Trinity were given tax exemptions and became rich. Those who didn't were deposed and replaced.

These deposed bishops and their followers became known as Homoeans because they believed that Jesus was "like" the Father instead of being equal to him in the Trinity. Homeans and Niceans alternated in power across the Empire for generations as different emperors came to power and each supported their preferred group.

Eventually, the Niceans rose to dominance and the "heretical" Homoean communities were wiped out, often through force of arms. The Niceans then revised history to say that the doctrine of the Trinity was present and agreed upon since the time of Jesus' disciples. In reality, it wasn't.