The DaVinci Myth vs. The Gospel Truth - Online Christian Library

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does it use the term, which was coined by the second
century theologian Tertullian, the Scriptures declare
seven basic truths from which we conclude that God
is triune:
the Father is God;
the Son is God;
the Spirit is God;
the Father is not the Son;
the Father is not the Spirit;
the Son is not the Spirit;
there is only one God. 31
Those seven statements—all of which have ample
Scriptural backing—are the reason Christians believe in
the Trinity. Dan Brown rejects this because he rejects that
Jesus is the Son is God.
Dan Brown’s view that the early Christians believed
Jesus was only a mortal rests on historical quicksand.
From the very beginning, Christians worshiped Jesus as
the Son of God. Jim Garlow and Peter Jones have compiled
a list of several Church Fathers—all of whom wrote
before the Council of Nicea in 325—affirming this most
basic Christian doctrine that Jesus was divine. Those
Fathers include: Ignatius (writing in 105 A.D.), Clement
(150), Justin Martyr (160), Irenaeus (180), Tertullian
(200), Origen (225), Novatian (235), Cyprian (250),
Methodius (290), Lactantius (304), Arnobius (305). 32
Furthermore, one of the earliest Christian creeds was
“Jesus is the Lord” (Kurios) (1 Corinthians 12:3).
Error: Constantine created the Bible.
Rebuttal: Constantine had nothing to do with the
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